Chapter 292: Ploughing and Fighting
"Come on, come on, come one by one!"
"After receiving the seeds, go over there to receive the cattle, and finally follow to the inner library to receive farm tools, don't mess up, there are no thieves in Ulzhou, everyone can wait with peace of mind, everyone has it!"
Several sergeants of the Zhenwei battalion, while raising their hands and waving them constantly, opened their mouths and shouted loudly, beside them. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Hey, that kid, don't run around with your family!" Suddenly, I saw a bare-bottomed child of a few years old, rushing out of the team and running around.
A soldier of the Zhenwei battalion hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed the child, and asked loudly, "Whose child?"
A woman ran to hug the child, and smiled at the soldiers of the Zhenwei camp: "Master Jun, I'm sorry for the trouble, this kid is Tao." ”
The sergeant smiled slightly: "It's okay, let's go and get the seeds." ”
"Okay!"
Several tables and chairs were lined up over there, and on the tables and chairs were several scribes recording the seeds and cattle received by each household, while the sergeants of the Zhenwei battalion were responsible for maintaining order.
Except for going out to fight and returning home on normal holidays, the soldiers of the current Yong'an Army basically do not show up outside, and just stay in the barracks all day long, practicing and practicing again and again.
After that victory, the emperor's will came down, and Xiao Yi and the others were promoted one by one, needless to say, it is surprising that Emperor Chongzhen personally named the Yong'an Army, which is a great honor.
All the soldiers outside can proudly say that they are a member of the Yongan Army!
Now not only Datong, but also everywhere the name of the Yong'an Army is spreading, and most people maintain a wait-and-see attitude towards this famous army.
Because the Yong'an army is said to have fought against many Western captives and thieves, they have never been defeated, but the fierce reputation of the Liaodong Tartars is even more well-known, and there is even a saying in the time: "The Eastern Captives are invincible." ”
Even the border army in Liaodong, which is known for its elite, can only rely on the cannon of the fortified city to hold on, and rarely succeed in field battles.
If the Yong'an Army fights the Jurchens, whether it can maintain its undefeated record is still unknown in everyone's hearts.
Of course, most people are very unoptimistic about the Yong'an Army.
Even the head of the cabinet, Cheng Jiming, privately said to his protégé: "Yong'an soldiers, it's just a flash in the pan, don't talk too much." ”
This is the case with the first assistant of the cabinet, which also shows that most of the civil ministers and generals are not very optimistic about the Yong'an Army, a new army.
Not to mention the discussion of Xiao Yi in Jiubian and Jingshi Neiwan, whether it is optimistic or not, Xiao Yi continued his cultivation in Ulzhou, and spring ploughing began.
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According to Xiao Yi's words, in the first three years, all military households had to be given grain and rice, and farm tools such as oxen, seeds, and rakes were rented.
After the first year of tax exemption, many military households already have grain in stock, and this time they have been given seeds and other things, and everyone is happy at the same time, and they are constantly thanking Xiao Yi.
Even the newly arrived military households, with fields and sent ploughing oxen, rakes and other things, the longing for men and women to weave, wives and children hot kang head of the beautiful life beckoning to them.
Xiao was also in the mansion, looking at this scene, it was even more lively and noisy than during the New Year, and he was also emotional.
I have done the most for these civilian and military households, and each newly registered military household can be exempted from tax for the first year, and two or more households will receive corresponding fields and cattle, seeds, rakes and other things.
The allocation of land was decided by Xiao Yi after listening to the opinions of many local farmers, at least so that each household could have enough food and clothing.
After dividing these, what kind of life each family lives, whether they can have food and clothing, these are up to them.
However, looking at the radiant appearance of these farmers, Xiao also believes that with the spirit of hard work and courage of the majority of Han people for thousands of years, they will definitely be able to create a good life for their families with their own hands.
And what Xiao Yi and the soldiers of the Yongan Army and Zhenwei Battalion have to do is to escort them and spread all this farther.
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Now Ulzhou City already has enough money to help, plus the income from the last victory, and the bandits who go out of the Zhenwei camp on weekdays, it can be said that the treasury is full, and it is only waiting for a big job.
So Xiao also ordered in early March of the fourth year of Chongzhen that all parts of Ulzhou would begin to build waterwheels and repair ditches, and at the same time, during the spring ploughing season, the Yongan army would send twice as many sentry sentries to and from the night to provide security protection for the spring ploughing army and civilians.
Under various government decrees, the territory of Ulju began to recover, and the land was constantly renovated, and the territory of Ulju continued to see a lot of farmland, and a large family of people pulling rented cattle greeting each other with smiling faces.
When they go to the fields they have been assigned, in order to take better care of their fields, they always build a simple wooden house next to the field, and take care of them nearby.
By the end of March, the communication work of the canals had been completed, and most of the waterwheels had been built.
However, like ploughing cattle, mules and horses, farm tools, etc., they are rented and sold to farmers at low prices, which still belong to Ulzhou.
As a result, a new group of local chiefs and chiefs was formed, and they formed a new gentry group representing the interests of peasant households.
It's just that this squire group is different from the Yuanzhou City gentry group, they serve the Yong'an Army group around Xiao Yi, and in general, their interests are linked to Xiao Yi.
Although the Hao clan group in Yuanzhou City has been affected by this, Xiao Yi still cleverly avoided all conflicts of interest with them, and most of the local Hao clan groups are also attached to Xiao Yi.
For example, after the Wu family was removed from the merchants, the Yin family and the Niu family became representatives, and both of them did business with Xiao Yi, even among the local wealthy families, they were not of the same mind.
As one of the local clans, the Zhao family has always had a lot of power, since Zhao Yilian and Zhou Baotai got married, the Zhao family has become the in-laws of Yong'an Jun, and naturally wants to help Xiao Yi.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the original clerical group with the most power in Ulzhou has been overshadowed by Xiao Yiyi's military generals, and Xiao Yiyi has been promoted to the commander of the Datong Metropolitan Division, and he has served as a guerrilla general, and his power has risen sharply.
But the scribes of Wang Zhan's faction have not been promoted, and they can no longer restrain Xiao Yi in anything, and now no matter what happens in Ulzhou, Xiao Yi does not have to ask Wang Zhan anymore, so that as long as Xiao Yi does not agree, there is no way to proceed.
Xiao also knew that there must be no forces with different opinions under his rule, and it had been brewing for a long time, and by now, Ulzhou has the absolute strength to reshuffle the cards.
In this year, if you have soldiers, you have the right to speak, not to mention the Yong'an Army and Zhenwei Battalion under Xiao Yi, how can they be ordinary officers and soldiers?
Even the Mongols can't resist it, if they launch Weilai, who can stop Xiao Yi, the last bombardment of the Wu family has already explained the position of the officials in Datong, that is, to help Xiao Yi.
Even, Chongzhen didn't know about the bombardment now.
Under the general trend, the local wealthy families have no strength to compete with Xiao Yi, not to mention, Xiao Yi won a big victory, and he has simply become a celebrity in front of Chongzhen.
Even if they are people in the court, it is difficult for them to impeach Xiao Yi to enter the palace, and even if they reluctantly enter the palace, it is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news.
Emperor Chongzhen kills people without blinking, but for the people who are optimistic in his heart, he has always trusted them very thoroughly, until the day when he no longer trusts them.
Yuan Chonghuan, Chen Xinjia, Yang Sichang, Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and others all illustrate this point.
Now Xiao Yi does not have any ability to threaten Chongzhen, for Xiao Yi, Chongzhen naturally trusts in every way, hoping that the Yongan Army can fight with Dongyu and then pass on the good news, which is what Chongzhen thinks in his heart.
However, Xiao Yi will not let these wealthy people drink a little soup, after all, the rabbit is in a hurry and bites.
Originally, the official fields in the hands of those families have now become chicken ribs, which are useless at all, but add to the burden.
Most of the newly reclaimed land in Ulzhou was wasteland, so Xiao Yi bought these official lands from them at a high price and let them make a profit.
In addition, Xiao Yi's various decrees did not have a big impact on the interests of each family at all, so this matter would not be over.
Xiao also recorded all these official fields in the book and used them to reward soldiers who had made meritorious contributions during the war.