Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a monk and had to eat, is a very interesting person, and since he became the emperor, he has come up with the most interesting thing, that is, the military household system.

Of course, strictly speaking, the military household system was not invented by Comrade Lao Zhu, the military household system first appeared in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but the military household system at that time was still relatively rough, and it was the Yuan and Ming dynasties that carried forward this system.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in the Yuan Dynasty and is very familiar with the military household system of the Yuan Dynasty. He believes that the bankruptcy of the military household system in the Yuan Dynasty was due to the excessive exploitation of military households by the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and the soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty often had to conquer distant places, and the equipment and daily expenses were very large, and the military households were often forced to sell their property because they were overburdened. Officers at all levels and Oulu officials extorted money from soldiers and their families under various names, and even forced military households to go bankrupt and flee, which was an important reason for the demise of military households in the Yuan Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Comrade Lao Zhu believed that the Ming Dynasty he founded would definitely be more honest than the Yuan Dynasty, and all the officials under his command were honest and honest. So Zhu Yuanzhang reinstated the military household system, and compared with the Yuan Dynasty, he not only restored the military household, but also historically created the "military household", "private household", "yin and yang household", "happy household", "merchant" and other household registration system, this invention compared with the previous dynasties of the household registration system is more detailed and strict, Lao Zhu believes that the son inherits the father's business is a very good system. For example, if you are an emperor, you should be born to be an emperor, and Lao Tzu is a son who fishes, and you should be born to fish, so that from generation to generation, everything can be peaceful.

However, Comrade Zhu forgot that nothing in this world is immutable, and the same is true of human nature and system. Lao Zhu fantasized that Lao Tzu should do what his son should continue to do, and this idea that he should continue to do it for generations is even more terrifyingly naïve, and after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous corruption of the country's finances and systems, the military household system of the Ming Dynasty has completely collapsed.

But interestingly, the military household system has completely collapsed. It stands to reason that the main role of military households is to provide soldiers and officers for the country, and when there is a war, they should go first, but now that all military households have existed in name only, the country should no longer spend food and pay to support an army that can only eat and not fight. However, the entire Ming Dynasty seemed to be suffering from an eye disease, and all the officials chose to ignore it, and even the civilian clique, which was the most hostile to the military attachés, no one dared to say half a step on this issue. There is no other reason for this, because the interests touched here are too great, and once someone touches this interest, it will be frantically broken by millions of people, and the risk is so great that even the emperor does not dare to touch it lightly.

It was when Yue Yang threw out the three things he was going to say. Everyone was stunned.

Wang Pu was the first to stammer, "Hou ...... Master Hou, what did you say? Is the imperial court no longer paying salaries? ”

"Yes!" Yue Yang looked at him and repeated clearly: "The imperial court has decided to suspend the payment of food and salary subsidies to all military households in Shanxi from now on, and all military households must fend for themselves!" And Ben Hou will also start to re-measure the redistribution of military land next month. ”

"Whoa......

Yue Yang's words were like a bomb exploding on the spot, and everyone, including people like Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu, couldn't stand it, Yue Yang was going to block all the roads.

Tang Tong, the chief soldier of Miyun, also shouted: "Master Hou, the imperial court has cut off our food and salary, and you have to re-measure the military field, isn't this forcing us to die?" ”

"Die!" Yue Yang sneered. looked at Tang Daodao coldly: "Those fools who only know how to eat empty salaries and can't fight will not die, what is the matter with Benhou?" All the military households of the Ming Dynasty were self-sufficient, and there was a surplus of grain to pay to the imperial court every year, but since the orthodox years, the military households in the Ming Dynasty could not only not hand over the grain. On the contrary, they began to ask the imperial court to continuously subsidize food and salary every year, why is this? Is it that the military households have suddenly become stupid and can't farm? Or are all the military households dead? No...... No, in fact, all those military fields were occupied by the officers, and although most of those officers could not ride horses and did not open bows. But these people are all good at bullying military households and occupying military fields one by one. It stands to reason that these military fields are all the property of the imperial court, but now you see, how many acres of these military fields are left? The imperial court has long wanted to get rid of these guys who can only eat and can't do things. Now that Ben Hou is in charge of Xuanda, the imperial court is naturally happy to quickly push them away. Why, do you want Benhou to take over the imperial court to feed those moths? Or do you think Ben Hou looks like a big man? ”

Speaking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at each other. They thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense, although Yue Yang was rich, but his silver was not blown by the wind, and he would not be this unjust boss to raise these moths who could only eat and not do things for the imperial court.

But another deputy general asked, "Master Hou, even if the imperial court stops paying salaries, you can't take those military fields away again!" ”

"Hmm!" A cold light flashed in Yue Yang's eyes, and he stared at the person who came and asked, "Ben Hou asked you, who are those military fields?" ”

"Yes...... It's ......"

The adjutant general's tone was speechless, although these military fields were nominally owned by the imperial court, but in the past hundred years, these military fields have long been divided up by officers at all levels, and in their hearts, these fields have long been their own property. But after all, this is just a private thought and behavior, this kind of behavior is not recognized by the laws of the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court, and now when Yue Yang asks him like this, he is immediately speechless.

"How...... I can't tell! Yue Yang smiled coldly: "Those who have encroached on the military field have been absorbing the blood of the imperial court for generations, and the imperial court will not pursue it, and now they still have the face to ask Ben Hou, who gave them such courage, or is it true that Ben Hou's steel knife will not kill?" ”

After several years of fighting with the Qing army, coupled with the aftermath brought by the defeat of the Qing army by Yue Tuo, this made Yue Yang's words with a murderous aura, especially the cold gaze of the Ying Zhou army standing tall around him and the Mini-style firearm with a bayonet in his hand, which made everyone in the restaurant feel a chill in their hearts. They know very well that this marquis is different from those governors who were born as civil officials, but if any other governor comes to tell them this, they can treat him as if he is farting, is the military household system so active, and you dare to smash the jobs of more than 100,000 military households in Shanxi, once more than 100,000 military households make a fuss, it will be a major event that will shake the world, and it will be a loss of heads.

But he dared. These can be certain, if those military households dare to make trouble, this loyal and brave marquis will definitely lead his army to kill all the people who dare to make trouble without saying a word, because he has tens of thousands of elite soldiers with the best equipment and the strongest combat effectiveness in the Ming Dynasty in his hands, which is where his confidence lies.

After realizing the determination of the new governor, Yang Guozhu, the oldest soldier in Shanxi Town, stood up and asked: "Master Hou, if we want to re-measure the land, what should we do with the more than 100,000 military households in Shanxi?" What should we do with the total number of 10,000 soldiers and horses under the command of our general soldiers and generals? ”

Seeing that it was Yang Guozhu who stood up, Yue Yang's originally strict expression eased a lot, and he would rather die than surrender after being ambushed by the Qing army in the Battle of Songjin in history. In the end, until the general of the Ming army who was killed by an arrow, he always maintained a trace of respect in his heart. He said to Yang Guozhu: "General Yang, you don't have to worry, those military households who want to farm, Benhou will send them fields, seeds and farm tools, so that they can join the households, and they will farm with peace of mind in this life, and they will not be starved and frozen." As for the soldiers and horses in your hands......"

Speaking of this, Yue Yang's gaze swept over everyone and then fell silent. Everyone is even more nervous, for them, the army is their lifeblood, and they are not even a fart without the army.

Yue Yang was silent for a moment and said: "If you want to lead troops under Benhou, it's not impossible, all the military salaries and treatments look like the Yingzhou army. ”

"Really ......"

"What. Did I hear me right? ”

The people in the restaurant were in an uproar, what is the treatment of the Yingzhou Army, these people know best in their hearts, each soldier is a military salary of one and a half silver dollars per month, and he eats three meals a day, and there is meat. Yue Yang also gave his family three acres of military land, and the reward for meritorious service in the war was also immediately issued, and this kind of treatment was the only one for scorpion in the entire Ming Dynasty. Countless people have reduced their heads and yearn to drill inside. But the Yingzhou Army has been established for so many years, and the number of people is only tens of thousands, and most of them have been carved up by displaced people from all over the country, but there are not many local people in Shanxi who can join the Yingzhou Army, which also makes many people envious, and now Yueyang actually said that their soldiers can also enjoy the same treatment as the Yingzhou Army, which is simply a pie in the sky.

Seeing the boiling crowd, Chen Dazhi, who was standing behind Yue Yang, saw a sneer flashing at the corner of his mouth, did these guys really think that Hou Ye's silver dollar was so easy to take?

Soon, Yue Yang's voice sounded again: "Everyone, don't be too happy. Ben Hou hasn't finished talking yet, Ben Hou is not a big wrongdoer, and he won't feed a group of wastes for nothing, so if you want to receive Ben Hou's silver, you have to do one thing first, that is, break up your men and horses, retrain them for three months, and only qualified ones can join the Yingzhou Army, do you understand? ”

"What ......"

"Uh......"

A group of people with excited faces suddenly became dumb, what did this Yue Yang want to do? Doesn't it cost them their lives to want to reorganize their troops?

"What, don't want to?" Looking at the people with angry faces on their faces, Yue Yang sneered: "Of course, this Ben Hou who can't be adapted won't force you. Ben Hou also said just now, if you don't want to adapt, you can do it, but your people and horses have to raise themselves, if you don't want to listen to the errand under Ben Hou, Ben Hou will not force you, you can go to Henan to defect to Lu Duchen, or go to any place in the Ming Dynasty, but Ben Hou emphasized again, if any of you think you can rely on those people in your hands to play horizontally, Ben Hou will definitely accompany you to the end! ”

Yue Yang's words were like a basin of cold water poured on everyone's heads, dispelling some bad thoughts in some people's hearts. When a brutal person meets someone who is stronger and more unreasonable than him, these people are also disgraced.

Although the restaurant provides a lot of wine and food, many people no longer have the heart to drink, and many people begin to calculate how much money and people they will lose with a sad face.

Yue Yang had already made it very clear in his words just now, the military field should be re-measured, redistributed, and all the military households should be disbanded and divided into civilian households. If you want to eat with Yueyang, you have to hand over the soldiers and horses in your hand to break up and reorganize them, and if you don't want to hand them over, you can do it, then you can feed yourself, and the court will not allocate another tael of silver.

Yue Yang's move was simply a draw from the bottom of the kettle, and he forced these general soldiers into a corner, the banquet dispersed, and the general generals returned to their respective territories in despair.

Yue Yang also returned to his new home, the former Xuanda Governor's Mansion. As soon as Yue Yang stepped into the backyard, Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and Wang Yue led a group of maids and old mothers to welcome Yue Yang into the inner house. This time I came to Datong Yueyang, I wanted to come alone. But Hai Lanzhu and the Linglong sisters had to let Yue Yang bring Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan and Wang Yue, Yue Yang didn't want to agree, but in Hai Lanzhu's soft grinding and hard bubbles and the tearful eyes of the Linglong sisters had to surrender.

In fact, Yue Yang also knows that Hai Lanzhu and the Linglong sisters are worried that they will add a few more sisters to the family, after all, with the current status of their own men, only slightly revealing such a meaning, there must be people rushing to send a lot of beauties over, and their men's resistance to women is not very high, this point from the time he went to Jinling, adding three sisters to the family is a lesson from the past, and this time Hai Lanzhu asked Yue Yang to bring Dong Xiaowan's three daughters is a vague expression of his thoughts.

The three girls welcomed Yue Yang into the inner house and came to the small side hall. Seeing the wine and food on the table, Yue Yang knew that the third girl had been waiting for her to come back, and a tenderness rose in her heart, and she reproached softly: "You know that I am going to the banquet, and it is good to eat first, why are you still waiting for me?" I'm not afraid of starving. ”

Li Xiangjun pursed her lips and smiled softly: "The cheap concubine also said this to Xiaowan Sister and Yue'er, but they insisted on waiting for you, and the cheap concubine had no choice, so she had to wait with them." ”

"Sister Xiangjun, you still talk about us. Who said that Xianggong must not have eaten well in the restaurant, and he will definitely shout to eat when he comes back, who told us to wait for Xianggong? Now it's about us. Wang Yue on the side suddenly shouted, and pouted as she spoke.

Yue Yang couldn't help but wonder. Stretched out his hand and pinched Wang Yue's little face and said with a smile: "Xiao Nizi, you talk a lot, your sister Xiangjun is doing your work." ”

Wang Yue grinned: "People know, but they don't want to deceive the minister." ”

"You goblin little hoof." Yue Yang shook his head helplessly. looked at her with a doting look in his eyes.

Among Yueyang's several wives and concubines, Wang Yue is the youngest, and she is only fifteen years old this year, and she still has a trace of childishness in her daily work. Therefore, it is also the most favored by Yue Yang and others.

"Let me see what you've made." Yue Yang walked to the table and saw that there were two meats, four vegetables, six dishes and one soup on the table, although it was not as good as the master chef in the restaurant, but it was also quite exquisite, making people have an appetite when they looked at it.

It has been five years since he came to this time and space, and as the so-called local customs, Yue Yang has fully adapted to the corrupt life of the magnates of this era. For example, after getting up, the maids or their wives and concubines put on clothes, shoes and socks, comb their hair, etc., and even before going to bed in winter, there are maids who warm the bed for him first, and Yue Yang has completely adapted to this decadent bourgeois behavior. But there is one thing that Yue Yang will not back down, that is, the problem of eating, the status of the concubine room in the feudal era is very low, usually the head of the family eats except for the wife, the concubines are not qualified to eat at the same table with the head of the family, for this our Yueyang comrades are extremely disgusted, so in Yueyang's home, every time it comes to dinner, the family of seven or eight people is gathered around a table is very lively, as for those who eat without saying a word, Yueyang is even more like he is farting.

When Yueyang and the others had eaten most of it, Wang Yue asked curiously: "Xianggong, are we going to move to Datong again?" ”

Yue Yang smiled: "Yes, now that the master has been promoted to the governor of Xuanda, he naturally wants to move to Datong, isn't Yue'er willing?" ”

Wang Yue pursed her mouth, "Xianggong makes fun of others, everyone is Xianggong's person, naturally where Xianggong is, it is the concubine's home, how can there be a reason to ask the concubine." ”

Hearing Wang Yue's innocent words, all the women couldn't help laughing, and Dong Xiaowan also smiled: "Xianggong, just now Yue'er was still saying that this place is much more than the Hou Mansion in Hunyuan Prefecture, and she can't wait to pick a courtyard of her own." ”

"What kind of yard to pick!" Yue Yang waved his hand and said very heroically: "Anyway, at night, you have to serve the prime minister together, it's a lot of trouble to run around, just live together, don't you say!" ”

"Phew......"

Hearing Yue Yang say it so explicitly, the three girls couldn't help but spit in unison, and the red glow flew on their faces, and the faces of several maids who were waiting on the side heard their own Hou Ye making fun of several aunts and wives, and they also lowered their heads and laughed on the side.

As the youngest woman beside Yue Yang, Wang Yuejiao said angrily: "Xianggong also claims to be from a Xiucai background, and he is so vulgar and not polite at all, he is really ashamed." ”

"What are you ashamed of, what the Xianggong said is the gift of the Duke of Zhou, which is what Sage Confucius also said, you are all people who have read books, don't you even know this?"

Once Yue Yang was thick-skinned, he was not ashamed, he stood up and said with a smile: "Xianggong is full, now you have to go back to wash and rest, which of you is willing to go back with Xianggong to do that Zhou Gong's gift?" ”

Although the three daughters have long been clear about the nature of their men since they married Yue Yang, they still embarrassed the three girls, and the three of them gave him a blank look, but in the end, they still followed their men obediently towards the room with lotus steps, needless to say, tonight must be another sleepless night...... (To be continued......)