Huaidong generals were born in poverty, especially the people, even if there were some children of the family, such as the Lin family, the Song family, the Yu family and other children, but many of them had ambitions and ambitions. As a political group, Huaidong was able to maintain a pragmatic style of hard work and simplicity, whether it was a civil servant or a military general. This is also an important reason why Huaidong can maintain strong combat power and clean government in addition to strict laws and regulations.

However, the prince and the general, the wife and the son, and almost all the scholars or people with a little ambition and ambition in this era are a dream rooted in the heart - even in the Huaidong Army, it is common for civil and military generals to have this idea.

The so-called work from the dragon is nothing more than the prince and general, the wife and the son, and it can also be said that this is the most direct driving force for Huaidong to promote the abolition of the Yuan and the establishment of a new dynasty.

Of course, Lin Jian has a reputation and prestige that no one can replace at this time, and the Huaidong generals are pragmatic and far-sighted, and at this time they will pinch off the source of Jiang Ning's wind discussion, and even directly issue a ban, and this matter will be revealed, and the matter of rewarding merit can be left for discussion in the future.

If Jiang Ningfeng is allowed to discuss this matter at this time, then there will be no ban on discussing this matter within Huaidong.

With this trend, there may be no problem with three or five days; After three or five months, the civil and military generals of Huaidong will also be enthusiastic about the division of the land and their minds will waver, and they may even breed trouble because of the competition for merit and rewards among each other, and even internal friction within Huaidong will occur because of inconsistent interests, which is not conducive to the Northern Expedition and the creation of a new empire in the future.

Out of all the above considerations, Lin Jian opened his mouth to discuss the sealing of the land in Jiangning, and Gao Zongting almost subconsciously objected: "If this trend rises, it will be a little difficult to press it again; Unless the lord returns to Jiangning this time, he will ......"

"No, Zongting thinks too much, it's not the opportunity to establish a new dynasty for the time being," Lin Jian shook his head and said, "It's only a matter of time before you reward meritorious generals, but the traditional reward is not what I expect." Since the Liang family is unwilling to be lonely in the palace and provokes this matter, I thought, can I follow Song Chen's example to reward the generals? ”

"That's ......" Gao Zongting was stunned, and he couldn't keep up with Lin Bin's train of thought for a while.

The Song people once controlled millions of acres of land in Quanzhou and Yongtai, which was the most fundamental basis for gathering people and controlling the place. After the Song clan surrendered, Huaidong Qianzhuang fully took over the fields controlled by the Song clan with a share of 4 million taels of silver, and then dispersed these fields into small pieces and sold them to the Song clansmen, the few or ownerless people in Yongtai and Quanzhou, and the people who moved south to settle as private property, so as to achieve the goal of not suppressing the Song clan excessively, but completely eliminating the potential of the Song clan to divide the local area, and making the Song clan fully integrate into Huaidong.

In the later period, the Haiyu Chen clan and other clans were also dealt with according to this example.

"The concubine thinks this thing is feasible," Song Jia said, "Since ancient times, it has been good to talk about merit, but it is difficult to reward it." The number of households, the distance of the county government, the fat and thin of the acres, whether they can take away the township profits, and whether they will guard themselves and not invade the place are all the sources of disputes and the scourge of trouble. And on the merits of the reward, the generals should think about the management of the acres of the field, so that the family and the small will return to the township, and the people's hearts will inevitably be a little scattered - the number of acres converted into acres of land will be rewarded to the meritorious generals - oh, wrong, it should be to fold the acres of the meritorious land into the money village, and reward the meritorious generals with a considerable number of shares, so that the generals can compete for the number of merits, but they will not compete for the fat and thin of the reward, nor will they take away the township profits, invade the place, and let alone let the people's hearts scatter......"

Gao Zongting also felt that the Song family's proposal was indeed reasonable, but he was still a little hesitant for a while, and asked Lin Bin: "Will the public land in Lujiang, Yijiang and other places be folded to Qianzhuang?" ”

Lin Jian nodded and said, "I plan to leave for Jiangning the day after tomorrow - you and Song Gong will discuss this matter first; If there is any wind on Jiangning's side, I won't pinch it for the time being, and I won't pour oil and blow the wind, to see how much it can grow. If the signs are wrong, we'll do it. ”

What Lin Jian wants to create is a new empire with a new pattern and a new pattern that can get out of the cycle of history.

The people are far from awakening to the extent of selfless sacrifice for the rise and fall of the country and the nation, ordinary soldiers bravely kill the enemy, throw their heads, and spill their blood for the reward of acres of land, and civil and military generals also work hard for military and political achievements, forget to sleep and eat, and even ignore the threat to their lives, but in the end they cannot avoid the link of rewarding meritorious deeds.

Lin Jian also knew in his heart what the Huaidong people were doing at the moment when they were keen on abolishing the establishment, and he didn't expect them to be selfless and selfless - the most important thing now and after the creation of the new empire is to maintain the cohesion within the new empire and the driving force for development, and not to go back to the old road.

Since it is not surround to reward meritorious deeds, it is better to turn the entire group of Huaidong generals into an emerging financial class that supports the development of industrial, mining, commercial and trade industries, and instinctively needs the development of industry, mining, commerce and trade, and expands to foreign countries to make huge profits, and becomes the driving force for the transformation of the new empire to a new pattern.

Of course, there will be some very serious problems here, which are likely to cause the new meritorious groups to parasitize on financial capital and suck the flesh and blood of the new empire, but at least prevent the new empire from going down the old path.

However, how many of the financial groups that have gone through the generations are not controlled by a few people? As long as this step is taken, even if there is a problem in the future, it can be resolved through external expansion.

Gao Zongting said: "Zhou Guangnan is in Jiangxia, did he call him to ask for advice when he passed through Jiangxia?" ”

"No, he may be going to Tanzhou, and he doesn't need to stay in Jiangxia and wait for me," Lin Jian shook his head again and said, "Huaidong Qianzhuang is already too powerful, big and difficult to control, this is in front of Song Gong, I said the same; Didn't the household department run a money bank and still be half-dead? This time, if you really want to talk about meritorious deeds, it should be handled by the household bank......"

Gao Zongting was slightly stunned, and then he understood that this was the way of checks and balances.

Although Huaidong Qianzhuang concentrated the interests of the Lin, Song, Chen and other Dongyang Township parties and maritime groups at this time, and the total principal accumulated as high as nearly 20 million taels of silver, which was about twice the income of the household at this time, which was already a huge number, but at present, Lin Lian's prestige is unparalleled, and Huaidong Qianzhuang can also be said to be created by Lin Lian, and it is not difficult to restrain it.

But everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and it is precisely because Lin Lian's reputation at this time is unparalleled, so he can be able to raise a money village to check and balance with Huaidong Qian Zhuang - the interests of the Dongyang Township Party and the maritime business group behind Huaidong Qian Zhuang, and even Song Fu, the representative of the Song family, will not have much opposition.

Behind the re-established Qianzhuang, there will be the entire meritorious group of Huaidong, and in the future, it will naturally have the ability to compete with Huaidong Qianzhuang and check and balance each other, not to call Huaidong Qianzhuang a monopoly.

Gao Zongting felt that this strategy was very good, but he couldn't say it well, and he couldn't make Song Fu and others think that this was his crooked idea.

Gao Zongting knew that Song Fu and the others were helpless against Lin Lian, but if they squeezed him, there would still be means, fortunately, there was Song Fu's daughter present at this time, otherwise it would not be clear.

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When Gao Zongting withdrew, he naturally discussed the matter with Song Fu, Cao Ziang, and Sun Jingtang.

In the later period, the construction of Nanyang and Xiangyang was particularly important, and Sun Jingtang rushed from Huangzhou to Fancheng to specialize in industrial construction, and he would also delay them after Lin tied them and then had the opportunity to return to Jiangning.

The situation in Jingxiang was settled, the situation north of Huaishan was also stabilized, and Cao Ziang no longer needed to sit in Suizhou, so he came to Fancheng to join Lin Jian and then return to Jiangning.

At this time in Fancheng, only Song Fu, Gao Zongting, Sun Jingtang, and Cao Ziang were the most core; In addition, there are also Tang Xitai, Sun Wenxuan and others in Fancheng, and other generals such as Ao Canghai and Zhao Hu are not very keen on political affairs.

Sun Jingtang was born in the River Gang, and his status was low in his early years, but after all, he and his brother controlled the Xihe Society, which had a scale of two or three thousand people, and his life was not cold; Even after the Xihe Society fell apart, the Sun family still had many industries transferred from Jiangning and integrated into Huaidong. At this time, he paid more attention to obtaining a stable political status, and it was best to be knighted, and he did not attach importance to rewards.

Cao Ziang has endured so many hardships over the years, and his will is strong, and he is not in a hurry to reward the meritorious, and even thinks that the matter of rewarding the army at this time is not conducive to the management of the army. However, he had no special opinion that the land of merit would be folded into the money village and the number of shares in the money village would not have a great impact on the army at once.

If the generals-level generals of the Huaidong military system should be rewarded with 1,000 acres of Yongye land or 100 households in the food town, and the principal amount of 2,000 yuan is converted into a shareholding bank, and the annual dividend of tens of yuan or 100 yuan will be received according to the number of shares, and there is no need to worry about the operation of the acres of land, and there is no dispute with the local government for profit, and it can even be simply regarded as an increase in the salary of meritorious generals.

Song Fu's thinking is more complicated than Cao Ziang's.

In Song Fu's view, another important role is that it will not harm local political affairs because of the privileged fields that will be rewarded, and it will not cause damage to the central income.

However, if there was no Song Jia present, Song Fu might really suspect that it was Gao Zongting's bad idea behind his back, but it was clearly proposed by Lin Lian, and Song Fu did not have too many opinions.

At this time, Huaidong Qianzhuang is almost swallowed by whales, infiltrating Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Lianghu, and Guangnan, as long as you carefully study the rise of Huaidong in recent years, you can know how huge the real potential strength of Huaidong Qianzhuang is-

The establishment of another money village to divide the Huaidong money village is naturally not in line with the interests of the Dongyang Township Party, the maritime business group, and the Lin, Song, and Chen families standing behind the Huaidong money village, but compared with the decrease in interests, in the eyes of Song Fu and other people of insight, it is more important to ensure that a new dynasty can be established to replace Yuan Yue -- this is where the fundamental interests of all families lie.

Song Fu also guessed that Lin Jian was worried that the Huaidong Qian Zhuang would be difficult to control in the future, which would affect the imperial power of the new empire, so he made a preemptive move to check and balance it.

Of course, compared to Lin Bin's methods, at least there is no need to worry about being "killed by a cunning rabbit and cooked by a lackey" in the future.

The so-called "it is easy to share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and wealth", and the so-called "if you monopolize it, you will be eaten" - thinking of this, Song Fu, who is well versed in the way of self-preservation, knows that he should promote a new money bank to divide the trend of Huaidong money bank.