Chapter Ninety-Six: Societies

Wang Anshi originally set up the armor protection law, one was to save military spending and accumulate troops for the people; The other, of course, is for the sake of maintaining the rule and protecting the people from thieves. The scriptures are good, but in the process of implementation, there are a lot of problems, and these problems have not been solved well, but have become a nuisance to the people, and finally evolved into a nondescript thing.

The last episode, especially the teaching and reading, has brought very deep suffering to the Baoding, not only seriously affecting the family's agricultural production, but also being bullied and blackmailed by the Baozheng, the Baochang, the Inspector, the Patrol and the subordinates, and the instigation of the Baojia Division, and the official business. Some of them did not hesitate to destroy their limbs in order to avoid being educated, and incidents of fleeing were endless.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance, in the last years of the Song Dynasty, thieves from all walks of life swarmed, and these thieves are Baoding who have received military training, and the township soldiers, which has also become a favorable weapon for the bigwigs in the DPRK and China to slander the new law in the future, even now Cai Jing, the pioneer who strongly advocates the new law, is also vague about this, and does not dare to be more serious, for fear of disturbing the people too much and causing a civil uprising.

Zhao Ta also understands these drawbacks, and these things have also been considered, if you still want to be like in the past, when you are training, you will only be given two liters of rice per day, and ten cents of vegetable money, you will definitely go the old way, this little thing is only enough for one person to eat and drink, and other elderly people and children in the family who are not able to work will have to starve, and of course people will not be satisfied.

His plan is to conduct military training for his Zhuangzi's strong men, and then select a group of strong, skilled archers and horses as standing strength, completely separated from production, raised by the government, its function is similar to the modern construction corps in the duty company, to deal with emergencies on their own territory, they are equivalent to the first echelon of the Zhao Mansion's defense force.

Of course, the second echelon must choose strong ones, and they can not completely detach themselves from production, and this part of the people can be selected from various workshops in the prefecture. Now that his workshops have been expanded twice, the number of workers has reached nearly 2,000, most of whom are men in the prime of life, and have a regular income, and are paid at the time of training, so they should not have much objection. These people have the experience of working in factories, are subject to various disciplines, are relatively obedient, and are relatively easy to train, and in the future, they can also participate in the operation as craftsmen in the army.

The third echelon is the tenants who rent land, they can use the slack time to train, during which they are given appropriate subsidies or rent reductions, and they should be easy to accept, these people can take turns to undertake the patrol and guard tasks of each village, and once something big happens, they can be mobilized quickly, after all, those who have participated in training are better than those who have not been trained.

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Zhao Ta felt that he had thought it through and decided to discuss it with Huang Jingchen, after all, people had mixed in the court and stood tall, and some things were more thorough than himself. When he hurriedly found Huang Jingchen and revealed his plan, it made Huang Jingchen laugh for a while.

"Uncle Huang, what are you laughing at, I'm talking about business" Zhao Ta looked at the old man and said dissatisfiedly.

"Hehe, I know that the prince is talking about the right thing," the old man finally stopped laughing and said, "Although the prince is thoughtful, he has not experienced the events of the year, the Baoding rebellion in the last years of Shenzong, the court was shocked, and the country was in turmoil, although it was quickly extinguished, but the successive rulers of the court were very protective of this, and no one again mentioned this matter." After the saint ascended the throne, he also wanted to resume the school review, but the Gyeonggi Baojia surrendered one after another to ask for exemption, and the last thing was not enough. Lord Wang, if you are doing it again, it will definitely attract suspicion from all sides, and it will inevitably reach the ears of the saints, and the village soldiers must also be soldiers."

"It's ??? After all, this did not violate the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and there are rules to follow, so it is not so serious, right? Zhao Ta smacked his teeth, and Hanako said with some doubts.

"After listening to me, this is just one of them, when the prince implemented the law of protecting the armor, he also held the ideal of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but he also changed the recruitment system of our dynasty to the conscription system to save military spending, the matter is too wide, and it is difficult to implement it in the end, so that he has made great efforts to teach and read the armor, but the result has not played much role in enhancing the army, which is tantamount to painting bread to satisfy hunger." Huang Jingchen said, "In addition, the armor is too heavy to disturb the people, and the township Baoding is proficient in martial arts, once he becomes a Baoding, it will be difficult to get rid of it for life, so the host and guest are all avoided???"

"What does Huang Bo mean is that it is too difficult to restore the armor, and the gains outweigh the losses?" Zhao Ta understood this time, now both the court and the people are very disgusted by this, and it is difficult to implement, it seems that he is working behind closed doors, and it is natural to learn Wang Xianggong.

"The DPRK and China have been dragging on the matter of protecting the army for a long time, is the prince also a little anxious?" Huang Jingchen nodded and said with a smile.

"Alas" Zhao Ta looked at Huang Jingchen with some 'grudges', he has been desperate to grab money all these years, expand the territory, and rectify the place, the ultimate goal is not to establish an army, now that the money is there, the weapons have also been made, just came up with a self-righteous way, and was destroyed by his words, and now he is like drinking a glass of ice water in winter, from the inside to the outside, wow, wow, wow, and now he wants to run to the south to be a public servant.

"Lord Wang, don't be sad, we can slowly figure out the affairs in Beijing, and now the prince can form an association first" Huang Jingchen couldn't stand Zhao Ta's eyes a little, and quickly came up with an idea.

"Society?" Zhao Ta was stunned, does this old man want to let himself learn the underworld and recruit some ruffians and hooligans as thugs, or does he want to let himself learn from the spring society and autumn society in the township every year, which are similar to catching up with big gatherings and visiting temple fairs

"It's an association" Huang Jingchen saw the appearance of the prince and knew that he didn't understand what was going on, so he quickly explained, "Has the prince ever heard of the Qiyun Society and the Jiao Society in Beijing?" ”

"I haven't heard of Qi Yun Society, but I heard Pan Long and them mention the Horn Society, does this have anything to do with us?" Zhao Ta was even more confused, the Horn Club was just a club organized for sumo wrestlers, everyone had nothing to do with it, and the small group that engaged in some activities seemed to have nothing to do with the establishment of their own arms.

"Well, it's good that the prince has heard of it, there are the Ritsuka Society initiated by the poet writer, the bow and crossbow club initiated by the samurai, the Kakura Society initiated by the sumo wrestling, the Qiyun Society of Keju, and the Crimson Green Society that performs miscellaneous dramas??? There are also the Lotus Society and the Pure Industry Society of the Pure Land Sect, the Lingbao Society and the True Martial Arts Society of Taoism, and even the Cuijin Society initiated by Goolan. These have nothing to do with what we said today, after the prince returns to Beijing, he can take a look if he has time" Huang Jingchen said more than 20 'clubs' in one go, covering all walks of life, Zhao Ta wondered if their group of 'no-**' chamberlains had also established a club, and after hearing the most nonsense, he understood, it was all nonsense just now for a long time.

"During the Jingde period of our dynasty, since the peace of the Yuanyuan, the people on the northern border have united with each other and established the Bow and Arrow Society. The official members of the Bow and Arrow Society are all the main households, and the main households within a certain area form a society, regardless of the family business, one person from the household, and self-elected people with rich family resources and strong martial arts to serve as the head of the society, called the head of the society, the deputy of the society, and the secretary. It is stipulated that its members carry bows and hoes, swords and woods, and the rewards and punishments set up are stricter than those of the government, and at the same time, "patrol in parts, shop each other, if it is revealed that the northern thieves and local robbers do not get it, their people will be heavily punished, and the armor and saddle horses are equipped on weekdays, ready to meet the invasion of the Liao Kou at any time, so that they can meet their urgency, beat the drum, and instantly cause thousands of people." ”

Huang Jingchen came to a big tune, and the conversation changed and said a hundred years ago, but Zhao Ta understood that these organizations were equivalent to the 'self-defense groups' established in the countryside in the occupied areas during the Anti-Japanese War.

"Uncle Huang, is it forbidden for the court to have knives and guns among the people?" Zhao Ta knew that since the Qin Dynasty, all dynasties have strictly restricted the people's possession of weapons, and this kind of bow and arrow club is a blatant knife with a gun, and he remembers that Jin Yong's big 'Condor Shooting' once had a wonderful description of the Song Dynasty's folk forbidden soldiers.

"The forbidden weapons of our court do not include ordinary weapons such as bows, arrows, knives, guns, and short spears, and the weapons hidden in the Shishu house are not allowed to be used in non-compilations, and all bows and arrows, horizontal knives and saddles must be engraved with the name of the maker according to the official model, so that they can be checked, and those who violate them shall be punished with rods or imprisonment. As for the forbidden places, they are all places where the people are fierce and thieves are rampant, so they have to do it."

"Oh, is it forbidden for the civil armed forces to form a state and county?" Zhao Ta understood, but he couldn't ban weapons, it didn't mean that he couldn't help arms, after all, a group of organized people with knives and guns were also a hidden danger.

"Hehe, the prince is cautious at this time, after the change of the law in the year of Shenzong, with the implementation of the armor protection law, the township soldiers all practice martial arts, the ban has been like a fictitious, now the folk practice of martial arts is prosperous, and it is not unrelated, now once there are bandits, the official army is unfavorable, and the people have formed associations to protect themselves. The prefectures and counties dispatch officers and soldiers to other places, not only do they work the people and lose money, but the soldiers are also exhausted and cannot quickly quell the bandits.

"Wonderful, people self-defense soldiers, home self-defense wars, there are soldiers, but there is no name of soldiers, secretly storing soldiers in the peasants, and serving soldiers in the people, this method is good" Zhao Ta couldn't help but clap his hands and praise, this thing is neither illegal, nor does it bear the responsibility of forming an army privately, and those members are voluntarily participating, and the enthusiasm must be higher than that of the drawing, as long as they contribute money to organize the community, there is no one here who has more money than themselves, and no matter how high the prestige is, then the one who is the one who does not let himself is the head

"Now does the prince have the right person to organize a club to train members?" Huang Jingchen looked at Zhao Ta's appearance and asked with a smile.

"This ???" Zhao Ta was a little dumbfounded, although he could pull the bow, but he couldn't lift the quasi-head, it was okay to play with daggers, short knives and short sticks, and those long weapons couldn't be used at all, let alone train others.