Chapter 328: Business and Academia (I)
The army was reorganized and expanded, and Zhao Xun also made rounds to inspect the expansion of the army.
The big camp of Yanzhou City, looking at the hoplites who were completely armed to the teeth, all the generals and colonels of the accompanying team showed a shocked look. In particular, the generals and colonels of the cavalry were even more surprised, they thought that the cavalry of the Yan army had won a great victory over the Han cavalry, but now, they knew very well that against this heavy cavalry, 10,000 people were no match for the opponent's 3,000 people.
When the 3,000 elite heavy armored cavalry battalions were all equipped with heavy armor, it was a frenzy of black and red. The black ones are the armor, and the red ones are the cloak and inner carl. The Huolin Army is still red, so the cloak is red, and the inner heart is also red. The 3,000 heavy armored cavalry can be described as a man like a tiger and a horse like a dragon. At a glance, except for the lower legs of the war horses exposed to the shield, the entire hoplite cavalry has no flaws exposed. It makes people have a kind of invincible and indomitable momentum.
In the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, there were several dynasties that had heavy cavalry, and the tiger and leopard cavalry of the Three Kingdoms was one of them. The hoplites have been shown many times in successive battles, and the hoplites are famous for their terrible impact and destructive power, often hitting the enemy several times or even ten times the size of the enemy. It's a term that makes opponents shudder at the mention of it, and countless famous generals have used heavy cavalry to establish their position as famous generals.
But also because of the high requirements of the heavy armored cavalry, it is also difficult to expand this class, so that it is rare to see.
The reason why Zhao Xun brought all the generals to watch the heavy armored cavalry battalion was to let everyone understand that there are still many things in this world, which are not so easy to deal with. Zhao Xun found that many people in the army had this view, so he let everyone see this time that the heavy armored cavalry was the weapon of the Central Plains Dynasty. Even the entire imperial court could not resist the invasion of the northern peoples, let alone the current Huolin army.
In addition, Zhao Xun also issued a notice to recruit a large number of skilled craftsmen, no matter which aspect of the craftsman, all of them are hired with high salaries. If you don't have technology, as long as you have a strong body, the spirit of hardship, and are willing to engage in the work of craftsmen, you can come to Yanzhou Mansion to take refuge, and the Yamen of Yanzhou Mansion will give you generous treatment.
At the same time, in order to restore the economy destroyed by the Yan Army, Yingzhou Prefecture, Shunzhou Prefecture and other areas under the rule of the Huolin Army, a new tax law will be implemented for all the merchants in the past, and a uniform and extremely low tax rate will be imposed on the past merchants. Speaking of which, the place where Huolin military controls zhì is still relatively good, just in the place where the Yan Kingdom meets the northern tribes, if it is not for the non-stop war, relying on commerce, it can definitely develop. It's a pity that how can the relationship between countries be stable forever.
With the recovery of Shunzhou Mansion, the Huolin Army began to sort out the subordinates many times, and cleaned up those mountain bandits and bandits in one go, or surrendered and went to be honest people. Or, just wait for the attack of the Fire Lin Army.
Yu Jing, now the director of the Department of Knowledge under the Administration Department of Huolin Army, he was disgusted with Zhao Xun from the beginning, disdainful and now admired, agreed, and convinced. Without him, in Yu Jing's words, although Zhao Xun did not comply with the rules in many places, it is undeniable that he did recover the lost territory of the imperial court, he did save two million people, and his people had something to rely on and eat. Therefore, Zhao Xun asked him to serve as the director of the new Yamen Knowledge Department of the Huolin Army, and he accepted it calmly.
Because of the order to plough the fields, under the rule of the Huolin army, there were newly opened villages everywhere. According to the government affairs department, every 100 households are one mile, and every ten miles is a town. The first Huolin military administrative secretary has an order to set up a primary school every three miles as the Enlightenment Academy. Towns and villages must also be equipped with enlightenment academies.
This enlightenment academy is a government school that must be opened in the local area, and the government academic department bears the expenses and salaries of the husband, and the local government bears the maintenance of the houses, tables and chairs, and maintenance, which is not a problem for the local government. Children who enter the school at the Enlightenment Academy do not have to bear a fee. As we all know, everything is inferior only to high reading, and it doesn't cost money to be able to read, and in the townships, those people are naturally willing to send their children to the Enlightenment Academy to learn some knowledge.
To this end, Zhao Xun specially allocated 300,000 yuan to the Department of Learning and Knowledge for the use of running the college. The most difficult of these is the scarcity of gentlemen, for this reason, Zhao Xun issued a notice to recruit scholars, no matter how big or small, who have been to the academy, and can read and write, can enter the Huolin Army assessment, as long as it is confirmed that they can read and write, they will be given generous treatment, and go to various places to teach students.
In the county, the county school is established, and in the state capital, the government school is established. Students who are willing to attend and can afford the cost can enroll voluntarily. However, the establishment of a college in each county and province naturally cannot meet the needs of the public. Therefore, the Huolin Army has a new strategy.
Since the issuance of the order on the cultivation of the fields and the issuance of the trade decree, more and more homeless people and merchants have appeared under the rule of the Huolin Army. On this day, with the crowd coming in and out, there are many caravans passing through guò. In this crowd, there is a middle-aged man named Jiang Mingli, who was originally from Youzhou, and used to be a merchant who made tea and leather goods, and often passed through Guò from Yanzhou City, and after the invasion of the Yan Army, he withdrew to Youzhou City. But in Youzhou City, he didn't give up, offended people who shouldn't be offended, and ate a lawsuit for no reason, and as a result, most of the property was eaten by the opponent's joint government. After being depressed, he had to come to Yanzhou Mansion to try his luck. Many people who have passed through the rule of the Huolin Army say that the land ruled by the Huolin Army is a good place to do business. In addition, he often knows this place and is familiar with this place, so he came here.
Jiang Mingli never expected that this place would be very different from before, with people coming and going, and caravans endlessly. Among them, he saw a lot of caravans coming from Youzhou. In addition to the fact that the city is smaller than Youzhou and the number of people is less than Youzhou, this Yanzhou City is not inferior to Youzhou City. You must know that Yanzhou City is the seat of governance in Youzhou.
Jiang Mingli's goods are not much, only a carriage, and on it is tea transported from Qingzhou, which is definitely not a defective product.
He also wanted to see if there was a chance to rise anew here.
On the inside of the city gate, there is a special notice board, on which many notices are posted. What made Jiang Mingli breathe a sigh of relief was that he saw the information about the unification of commercial taxes in the three prefectures and the opening of the northern trade channel.
There are several notices in this posting, the first one is about appeasing refugees and displaced people from various places, and the date is also the longest, it seems to have been posted last year, and the handwriting on it is no longer very clear. The second announcement is the announcement on the adjustment of the tax rate, there are two copies, one is the previous one, the tax rate is reduced, and the other is not long, the tax rate of the three governments is unified.
But the third proclamation, to his surprise, turned out to be the initiative of the businessman to establish a college. It looks like it's been posted for a few days.
The first proclamation was nothing special except to welcome the arrival of refugees from all over the world, and there would be no obstacles to prevent their arrival. They also did not need to pay additional taxes, and at the same time warned them not to do evil and commit crimes on the territory of Yanzhou Mansion, and to act in accordance with the law. The Yanzhou government will give the refugees a share of land, provide them with seeds and farming tools, and exempt them from land tax for the first year.