Chapter 4 Cooking without Rice
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Wang Yi is in Hedong, completely implements the traditional small government model, all government affairs are given to subordinates and squires, and military affairs are all given to county generals and heroes, and he only has the right to personnel, so the people's livelihood is acceptable, but the military strength is completely bad - Wang Yi does not plan to pull the flag and stand on his own, if he recruits more soldiers, it is easy to attract the suspicion of the surrounding forces, maybe he has to do so.
However, since Shi Xun took over the position of Wang Yi, and more importantly, accepted the task of guarding Hedong and then invading and annexing the state—after all, he still had the title of "supervising the military affairs of Hedong" on his head—it was impossible not to attach importance to military affairs. It's a pity that the only people who can fight are the 2,000 people brought from Xuchang, and the militia serving is not available, so there is no way, so I have to put up a flag to recruit soldiers.
There are a lot of people who have lost their land in these years, as long as they put up the recruitment flag, they are not afraid that no one will eat the soldiers' rations, and all that needs to be considered is the problem of equipment and grain. Shi Xun searched the treasury and picked out the usable armor, which was only enough to arm three thousand men—if you didn't take into account the attrition. This is not a small amount, so he ordered Zhuge Jin and Biqiu Xinger Cao to cooperate to increase iron ore mining and weapon building. Fortunately, Hedong was originally a large iron-producing county, and there were many craftsmen, so it is estimated that there is no need to wait until the end of the year to create all kinds of weapons that are enough for 10,000 people.
The problem was that there was a shortage of food, and although the imperial court exempted the Hedong County from the task of handing over taxes this year, a large amount of land was in the hands of the big families, and because all kinds of written or unwritten privileges did not pay taxes to the county government or very little, so the money and grain were barely enough to support seven or eight thousand soldiers for a year—it was impossible to eat enough every day. In those years, the combat effectiveness of soldiers was generally low, first, because of lack of training, and second, because of the extremely poor treatment. They are often driven into battle half-starved and hopeless of their future. So even though Cao Cao's military orders were strict. Looting has also been repeatedly prohibited. Shi Xun really wants to change this status quo, at least to build the Hedong soldiers into a "mighty army, a civilized army", but the problem is - it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!
Go and ask Cao Cao for advice again? Not to mention that the landlord's family has no surplus food, even if there is, he has so many war zones to support, and it is still a question whether he is willing to give it to you. Besides, I have already asked for this year's taxes and not to lose, and then I will ask for food. What would Cao Cao think of himself? Do you want to be cheeky?
I had to call a meeting of my subordinates and ask who had the best plan. Pei Hui came up with an idea: "You can ask the surname in the county to donate." Shi Xun slapped the table: "Okay, let's start with the Pei family, please donate 10,000 grains and 100,000 yuan!" Pei Hui was shocked when he heard this, and instantly put on a bitter gourd face: "It's really difficult to raise this amount...... "It's Xun Xin who said don't talk about this number, and your family can get it by adding ten times, the problem is that if you dare to go back like this, you will be beaten to death by the family law on the spot-"The Qing clan is in the county, and there is still no such amount, let alone other clans?" If you get less. is not enough, and the surname is evil. Not a good idea. ”
At this time, he unconsciously glanced at the corner of his eye, and saw that Zhang was slightly raised, his lips were closed, but he was silent, as if he wanted to speak and stopped. So the meeting failed to discuss the ugliness of the ugly Yin, and when the meeting was over, Shixun left Zhang Ji alone, took his hand and asked, "De Rong has a way to teach something?" ”
Zhang Ji hurriedly saluted: "Don't dare." After hesitating for a moment, he finally had the courage to say: "I have traveled around the counties in the previous servant, and what I have seen and heard, Pei, Wei and other prominent surnames have a wide range of fields, and the warehouses are all solid, although the number of millions can also be supported. What Pei Wenxiu said was untrue. ”
Shi Xun smiled bitterly: "Don't I know? However, the world is undecided, and the strong enemy is on the side, if you are evil, it is easy to cause chaos, what can I do? As far as his heart is concerned, he can't immediately mobilize the poor peasants to fight the local tyrants and divide the land, and it is estimated that he will copy all the dozens or hundreds of big landlords in the county, and he will be able to save enough money and food for three years for an army of 100,000 in an instant. But the problem is that the social environment is not right, the position in which he sits on his ass is not right, and his talent has not been added to the point (if he can speak of a scholar with a lotus tongue, he may not be able to really incite the people), if he dares to do so, he will be brutally suppressed by the reactionary class, and not only will he die without a place to be buried, but he will not be able to leave a good reputation.
- Even after 2,000 years, who would believe that a high-ranking official with a scholar background of 2,000 stones would really think about the common people, oppose the ruling class, and want to carry out an agrarian revolution without external oppression? Titles such as "leader of the peasant movement" will not be able to be placed on their own heads, even if they are placed on the heads of Zhang Jiao and Sun Enzhi.
I heard Zhang Ji continue: "Although this autumn is a normal year, I have heard that the year has been a bumper harvest, although the field has been plundered by Lu Bu, each has a family name, and there is a lot of savings. If you can donate and buy from it, even if it is cheap, they will not dare not disagree. "You take out the money to buy food from the big households. With the prestige of the county guard, it is unlikely that they will directly donate grain, and if they want to sell you grain at a reasonable price, it is justified, and they will not dare to say anything.
Shi Xun was stunned when he heard this, and then spread his hands: "Where does the money come from?" "In these years, the commodity economy is not up to date, the role of money is not obvious, and many places still barter goods, so if Xun really has money in his hands, he will use it to buy grain, but there is nothing reluctant - the workshops have been built, and there are very few places in the county that must use money in the future, and there are more places to use grain. But the problem is that there is a lot of grain in the warehouse, although it is not enough, there is not much money left.
Zhang Ji replied: "Since I heard that the money from the government is stable because of agriculture and rich because of business, the money of the government treasury comes from the mountains, forests and ponds, and the second comes from trade. The Southern Xiongnu are close at hand, and it is unknown whether it is possible to trade with it? ”
Shixun lowered his head and groaned, saying in his heart that this was a way out, and he could try it, but ...... What should be used to trade with the Southern Xiongnu? Generally, the Han people traded with the grassland peoples in exchange for cattle, sheep, and fur with salt and iron, but the problem was that the Southern Xiongnu were in the county, and they did not necessarily lack salt and iron......
Thinking about it, I didn't know the essentials, so I had to sigh lightly: "I originally wanted to recruit troops, and then I said that the Huns would be relied on by force, and it would be easy to say." Now...... I had to go ahead of time. "I'll go over and find out what's going on.
Because he didn't bring his family to work, Shixun feels quite lonely these days, and often racks his brains to find something to do for himself. As the saying goes, "It's easy to be a single, but it's hard to be a widower", after all, it is a man in the prime of life, and in the dead of night, it is inevitable to be lonely. So I had to focus on my work. Parade in all directions first. and nuclear grain recruitment, it is much busier than when he was in Xudu. Presumably, if Cao Cao saw it, he would definitely be surprised-was Hongsuke also so diligent? Do you want to emulate Xun Wenruo?
At the end of October, Shixun left Anyi again and took Zhang Ji and 100 tribesmen to Pingyang through Guò Baibo Valley. Go to visit the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Hu Chu Spring. The predecessor Yu Yu Naihu Chuquan's brother Yu Fuluo, in the original history, he was still alive at this time, but in this timeline, he was seriously injured in the battle with Lu Bu, and hung up a few years in advance, and the right sage king Hu Chuquan naturally succeeded to the throne.
Although there was a conflict with the Hun soldiers between Luoyang and Yanshi, Xun was really not afraid to go to Huchuquan. One is that with the growth of his experience, his self-confidence has gradually improved, and he believes that he is not a yellow shot. will not be chased by the Huns; Second, in the past, under Yanshi City, Hu Chuquan once sent people to deliver letters. If you have released good intentions, you should not be a tyrannical person like Fuluo; Third, he had already prepared the treasure in his hand......
The hundred subordinates brought with him were all selected from the Qingzhou soldiers they brought, all of them were tall, strong, skilled in martial arts, and obedient. Although Shixun didn't have the idea of going to the battlefield in person, the soldiers were in danger and the world was unpredictable, so he felt that it would be safer to have a branch song to follow with the generals from all walks of life. The so-called subordinates are mostly recruited by generals privately, and they are also privately maintained, not counting the official expenses in the army (of course, you can't prohibit private soldiers if you really want to raise private soldiers at public expense). It's just that Xun is a 2,000 stone and a marquis of Guannei, and he has a few real estate and workshops, and all kinds of income are added up in bits and pieces, and he has only enough money to support these 100 people - he wants to raise hundreds or thousands of tribes, but if he really dares to do that, he will go bankrupt in the first year. It can be seen from this that all kinds of generals have a large number of subordinates, and they cannot support themselves at all by relying on their own money, and can only rely on seizures, looting, or embezzlement of public funds.
Shi Xun is very disgusted with the corruption that permeated the entire officialdom at the end of the Han Dynasty, which is the same as Cao Cao, although forced by the form, Cao Cao can't be too restrained even if he is his subordinates, as long as he doesn't go too out of the circle, but he must lead by example. When Xuchang's papermaking workshop had no money to build, Shi Xun also used the brains of taking bribes, but he didn't dare to do it - he was afraid of violating Cao Cao's military law, and he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.
Only when he went to Xiangyang, he was given the gold of the ancestral road by Liu Biaoxiang, and Wei Dan offered a papermaking workshop, although theoretically it was a normal sending between officials, not bribes - there was no hand to hand over money and one hand to hand over power - after he was happy for a while, but he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and said that if this wind can't be stopped, I don't know how much filth will be born with it, and if I once gain power, it must be strictly prohibited.
Of course, this is a later story, in the ancient bureaucratic system, if you want to demand yourself according to the moral cultivation of civil servants two thousand years later, it will be death. Shi Xun doesn't have this kind of moral cleanliness, and he can't make Haigang Peak if he is killed.
So this time he chose the part, he really didn't use a penny from the public to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, so he just called these 100 - since the quantity can't go up, then he has to keep improving the quality. According to the system at that time, five people were in a team, two Wu and one Shi, five Shi were teams, two teams and one tun, exactly 100 people, and a tun chief was set up - the tun chief personally selected by Xun was a fellow villager with himself, all of whom were from Beihai Yingling, and Guan Hai and Zhang Huan were taken captive when they first committed Beihai. This person's name is Jing Huanxiao.
In fact, the guy's real name is Jing Shuixiao, it is said that he was an orphan, and he was raised by someone who was fished out of the flood, so the name is "water", according to the habits of the countryside, and a "small" word is added after it to show that it is the season. Shi Xun felt that this name was too vulgar, so he renamed him "Xun Xiao", the one who was in the red, and the flood also. (To be continued......)
ps: Jing Weixiao's "Restart Daming" (ISBN 3O64526) made me appear, so I reciprocated the favor and let him appear in Wenkui. The rebooting Red Army Changsheng is a Mongolian barbarian who bows at the feet of the protagonist, so the Jing Xiao in my book must also be a servant to the protagonist, so that everyone will not suffer...... As for the fate of this person, let's wait to see the end of the Red Army's victory in the restart, hehehehe~~
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