Chapter Seventy-Four: The Mastermind's Advice
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"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the statistics of the registered population, a total of 16 counties in Yongzhou and Qin Prefecture will set up 21 prefectures and Zhichong Prefecture soldiers, and we must immediately expedite the implementation of the militia system." Speaking of this, Sima Shu turned to Zhang Bin and asked, "Mr. Mengsun, I don't know, are you familiar with the military system of this Zhechong Mansion?" If you are not familiar with it, I will explain it to you. ”
Zhang Bin smiled and nodded: "The grass people have heard of the box army, government soldiers, and militia system implemented by His Royal Highness. The militia is every 18 years old, must bring their own swords, longbows, and is led by the county lieutenant in peacetime, training by himself in peacetime, concentrated military training in January during the agricultural slack period, and inspecting the school for one month, and the results of the training are rewarded for the good and punished for the inferior. The government soldiers are drawn from ten dings, one is rich, then poor, first strong and then weak, first more and then less, and after serving for three years, the military salary, clothing, knives and bows are self-prepared, and the 100 acres of fields under their names are exempt from taxation during the period. The Xiang army was recruited from the government soldiers or other young people. ”
Sima Shu couldn't help but smile when he heard this, it seems that Zhang Bin is quite concerned about the current situation, and he even knows his own set.
However, Sima Shu didn't say anything more and continued: "Let's move on to government affairs. ”
"Yes, Your Highness, the most important thing in government affairs now is the Guanlong Juntian system. We must distribute the fields to the families before the spring planting season, so that they can actively cultivate them and ensure a good harvest next year. At present, the counties and counties of Qinzhou and Yongzhou have sent a large number of personnel from Xincheng and other places to help with the statistics of household registration and the compilation of field books, and it should be possible to complete the equalization system before spring ploughing. ”
"Shuzhong, Central Plains, Jiangdong and other places have just passed the grain harvest last year, and we have entrusted various businessmen to continue to purchase grain from other states and counties on behalf of the government. In addition, as usual, the counties and counties have to pay for the people to repair canals, roads, bridges and other public property, as well as the counties and counties to prepare for the construction of schools and so on. ”
"Use up the money, use it up," Sima Shu smiled indifferently, "You have to let this money turn up, you turn it three times a year, it is equivalent to you use three." , so much money, if you let it be stored in the official treasury, you wait for it to give birth! It is better to hide wealth from officials than to hide wealth from the people! ”
Hearing this, Zhang Bin next to him couldn't help but be stunned, and then sat there and lowered his head and thought deeply.
"This year's tax on goods has been decided, and it is still the principle that His Highness said: the goods commonly used by the people's livelihood or in short supply in various parts of Guanlong will be taxed at a low rate, and the luxury and expensive things will be taxed at a high rate, and a high additional tax has been formulated for goods such as salt, pig iron, horses, cotton, and grain. The tax has been collected to all the fairs and checkpoints in various parts of Guanzhong. Du Xi continued.
Sima Shu turned to Zhang Bin again and asked, "I wonder if Mr. Mengsun knows about this tariff system?" ”
"I have heard that all goods in the new city are only taxed once at the time of transaction, and different goods are taxed differently. It's just that I don't know how the specific tax level is calculated, and there is an additional tax to control the outflow. Zhang Bin replied.
Sima Shu nodded and continued: "Guanzhong has just been pacified, and many subordinate officials in the DPRK have proposed to supplement the officials in Guanzhong according to the Jiupin Zhengzhong system. However, Yigu's opinion is whether to suspend the implementation of the implementation, and at present, the Guanzhong area is still unstable, and there are many displaced people, and more of them are Qiang and Di people. They don't understand what the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is, and it may be inappropriate to provoke a civil uprising again. ”
Hearing this, everyone knows in their hearts that although the objective environment has an impact on the implementation of the Jiupin Zhengzhong system, the most important thing is that once the Jiupin Zhengzhong system is implemented, the imperial court will have the opportunity to intervene in the appointment of officials in various counties and counties in Guanzhong.
Therefore, Sima Shu resolutely closed this door, and tried to rely on his authority to supervise Guanzhong, and single-handedly arranged the appointment of civil and military officials in various prefectures, counties, and counties in Guanzhong.
The meeting ended quickly, and Sima Shu invited Zhang Bin to the guest hall to hold tea, while Jiang Tong, Du Xi, and Zu Ti were beside him.
"Mr. Gu Suwen has the talent of Wang Zuozhi, so when I see Mr., I have some impatient thoughts, some inconsiderate places, and please forgive Mr. for his thirst for talents."
Zhang Bin said with a smile: "When the grass people were at home, they heard His Highness's reputation of loving talent as his life, and I also heard that His Highness acted boldly. Although some people say that it is a risk to be lucky, but according to the following, the fortune of heaven will not favor one person every time, and every time His Royal Highness acts, he will make a plan and then move, and a move will be thunderous. A few years ago, Zai Xia had already witnessed His Highness's moral politics in Xincheng, and now he heard about His Highness's tactics and methods in handling military and political affairs, and he couldn't help but admire Zaixia. ”
Sima Shu was overjoyed when he heard this, he was happy that this Zhang Bin was still quite concerned about himself, and it seemed that it was becoming more and more promising to recruit him. You must know that this kind of talent often likes to choose the Lord and assist you, and it is useless to grovel if you are not pleasing to the eye.
"Since I have come to join His Highness, I can't come empty-handed, and now I have some words that I would like to share with Your Highness, if there is something wrong or inappropriate, I hope Your Highness can forgive your recklessness magnanimously!"
"I just listened to His Highness's analysis of the situation in Guanzhong, and I also have some bad opinions below, please correct me. Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the number of Guanzhong Di and Qiang ethnic groups has been increasing, and the Di people are mainly distributed in the Sanfu area of the Guanzhong Plain and the northwest counties, engaged in farming, and have been organized into households during the time of Emperor Wu, and the degree of sinicization is very high; ”
"The Qiang people are mainly distributed in the northern part of Guanzhong, the hills and mountainous areas that transition from the plains to the Loess Plateau, especially in Fengyi, Beidi, Anding and other counties, half farming and half pastoral, and the degree of sinicization is much lower than that of the Di people."
Zhang Bin said this, and everyone nodded in agreement, even Sima Shu felt the same way. In the sixth year of Emperor Yuankang of Jin Hui, Feng Yi and Qianghu in the north raised troops, and later developed into a great rebellion in Guanzhong with the Di nationality as the core.
After investigation, Sima Shu found that in the form of agricultural and animal husbandry economic life, the degree of social development of the Di nationality was higher than that of the Qiang nationality in the entire northwest. For example, the Di local tyrant Fu clan came from Linwei in Luoyang, and belonged to the Di people who moved north from Wudu during the Cao Wei period, and the Wudu Di people had already achieved farming.
"Your Highness, since the Di and Qiang ethnic groups have accepted our Han culture, why not win over those Di and Qiang wealthy clans who have a deep degree of sinicization, give them Han identity, and then use political, cultural, economic and other means to completely turn them into Han people. As for those Qiang people who still maintain a half-farming and half-farming lifestyle, and have a low degree of sinicization, His Royal Highness can completely adopt the method of mainly military means and supplemented by economic means, and make the Qiang semi-compulsory Han Chinese. ”
"After a few years, there are no more Di people and Qiang people in Guanzhong, all of them are my Han people, so Guanzhong is settled, and there is no longer any need to worry about Hu people rebelling."
"Sir, it's really the same as what the hero sees! Lone has always had this idea, but because there is no talent who understands the Di and Qiang people, Lone has not moved, if Mr. is willing, Lone is willing to entrust this matter to Mr. ”
"I don't dare to ask for ears!"
After seizing the military power in Guanzhong, Sima Shu began to plunder the money and property of the Hu people who participated in the rebellion, and used the money and grain collected to appease the people in Guanzhong. No wonder those families agreed to give Guanzhong to Sima Shu so happily, it turned out that all parts of Guanzhong were already full of displaced people and dilapidated.
Sima Shu killed a small number of dissidents in Guanzhong, and at the same time showed great favor to the people, it seems that there are many such old routines in history, as long as he also copies them. However, Sima Shu will not be a complete fortune boy, with his "extermination", he has long hidden half of the money and grain as a reserve, and at the same time cries poverty to the court from time to time.
At this time, the old general of Zhou, who was in charge of passing through Tianshui and Longxi, also sent good news, starting from mid-April, although the old general of Zhou and others were in Longxi, Tianshui and other places, taking advantage of the main force of the Hu rebels to be destroyed and the siege of the city seemed to be like a bamboo. However, the leaders of the Qiang tribe in Luoyang have been resisting stubbornly, first recovering Shangtai and then retreating to Qingshui in Luoyang County, then to Luoyang County, and finally to Dulu in Anding County, where they were finally annihilated by the Jin army.
After Sima Shu's massacre, the Qiang people in Longxi, Tianshui, Luoyang, and Nan'an did not react, but were very "convinced".
This is mainly because Sima Shu's work is done well, and Haoqiang, who is a little famous among the Qiang people, has been moved out of Qinzhou by him and all the clansmen, scattered and distributed to various parts of Guanzhong, and only let Haoqiang settle in Chang'an with money.
After the rebellion of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty, although there is no one in the local family, there are still many Han people who are strong or have a deep degree of sinicization.
For example, Anding Cheng's family, Anding Liang's family, Anding Hu's family, Tianshui Zhao's family, Longxi Niu's family, Beidi Xin's family, Nan'anqiang chieftain Lei clan, Luoyang Di chieftain Pu's family, Luoyang Quan's family, and Tianshui's wealthy Yin family are all famous local tyrants.
At this time, there was only one tribe in the Guanlong region that was relatively strong, and it could be regarded as a potential political force, that is, the Tu Gewang clan and his subordinates in Luoyang.
Historically, from the end of the Western Jin Dynasty to the late Northern Wei Dynasty, the Tu Gewang clan has always been a local force in Longshang; During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the three generations of Wang Shihu, Wang Zhen, and Wang Tong were entrenched in the area of Luocheng, Luoyangshui, and repeatedly between the eastern and western countries, and had considerable strength. However, the Tu Gewang clan did not grow strong enough to dominate Guanlong and establish hegemony in the end of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
After the Guanzhong Di and Qiang tribes were killed by Sima Shu, his new advisor began to wander among the Guanzhong Hao clans, and after his repeated lobbying and military coercion, he finally let a part of the Di, Qiang, and Han Hao clans sell their land and tribes to the prince's mansion, and then moved to Chang'an with a large sum of money.
Sima Shu didn't treat them badly, so that these people put their money into the newly built factories in various parts of Guanzhong, and some people were still a little worried that they wouldn't be able to make money, but Du Xi and others came forward to dispel everyone's concerns. At the same time, in order to win them over, Sima Shu also recruited many capable people in their family to enter the East Palace to do business.
Anding Cheng's family, Anding Liang's family, Anding Hu's family, Tianshui Zhao's family, Longxi Niu's family, Beidi Xin's family, Nan'an Qiang chieftain Lei clan, Luoyang Di chieftain Pu clan, Luoyang Quan clan, Tianshui's wealthy Yin clan, Nan'an Yao clan and other Han and Qiang wealthy families have sent potential young people in the family to study in the martial arts academy in addition to the East Palace.
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