Chapter 91: Territorial Reform
On February 11, the Lantern Festival has passed, and the development strategy of the territory is once again on the right track.
Lin Yuan was in the lord's mansion and held a military and political conference.
At the meeting, Lin Yuan directly announced the idea of setting up five divisions.
Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the leader of Licao, the leader of the Lisi, and also the president of the White Deer Cave Academy, responsible for the cultivation of talents in the territory and the selection of scholars for the imperial examination.
White Deer Cave Academy, Lin Yuan was built directly on Luyang Mountain outside Wushan City.
The location is relatively secluded.
This is done to facilitate Ouyang Xiu's study and cultivate talents.
Gongsun He was appointed as Hu Cao, and Zhang Qian and Beishan Mo were appointed as deputy Hu Cao.
Gongsun He's first task was household registration and land, including Suizhou, Yingzhou and Malancheng.
Zhang Qian, on the other hand, is mainly responsible for the affairs of the Western Regions Business Group.
Beishan Mo was entrusted by Lin Yuan with an important responsibility, responsible for the economic development and tax collection in the territory.
Even Beishan Mo himself felt incredible.
Lin Yuan could be regarded as handing over the economic lifeline of the entire territory to him, which made him quite moved in his heart.
Wang Anshi was appointed as the official Cao, responsible for the assessment, conferral, and domicile of officials in the territory.
At the same time, Lin Yuan also gave Wang Anshi the right to be the same as the prime minister, and to coordinate the development of the territory.
Bao Zheng was appointed as the criminal Cao, responsible for the guardianship of the criminal law of the territory.
Li Bing was appointed as Gongcao, in charge of all water conservancy, water transportation, and construction projects in the territory.
The officials of the other cities will remain unchanged for the time being.
After such an appointment, Lin Yuan obviously felt that the government affairs in the territory had been dredged, and the administrative efficiency had improved a lot.
In addition to the civil and political changes, Lin Yuan has not changed much in the military and political aspects.
Zhuge Liang was still in charge of the Huben battalion, Huang Zhong served as his deputy commander, and Cao Shaoqing and other generals were the battalion commanders.
Yu Ban was the commander of the Longxiang battalion, Xu Shu was the military advisor, Wei Yan was the deputy commander, and Wen Ping and Zhao Wuji were the commanders of the battalion.
Yuwen Chengdu and Zhao Yun continued to serve as commanders of the cavalry battalion.
Everything is arranged.
On February 12, Lin Yuan led the military generals to visit the [Fire Cloud Temple] together.
In the past few days, the statue of Fuxi has been completed, and the statue of Shennong has also been invited into the temple.
Lin Yuan led everyone into the main hall, and in front of the statue of the Three Emperors, he offered sacrifices and prayed, so that he could check the changes in the attributes of the entire Huoyun Temple.
[Fire Cloud Temple] (Complete): The statues of the Three Emperors gather together to bless the territory.
[Fuxi Statue]: Ancient Emperor, with the power to kill gods, all residents in the territory have +10 physical fitness, martial arts talent refresh rate +20%, spirit beast refresh rate +10%, popular heart +5, and 50% reduction in beast injury incidents
[Shennong Statue]: Ancient Emperor of the Ancients, with the power of the God of Medicine, all residents in the territory have +10 physical fitness, medical talent refresh rate +20%, medical talent attraction rate +20%, popular heart +5, disease resistance of all residents +50%
[Statue of the Yellow Emperor]: Ancient emperor, with the power to kill demons, all residents in the territory have +10 physical fitness, elite talent refresh rate +20%, homeless refresh rate +300%, popular heart +5, law and order +5, natural disasters such as drought and flood reduced by 50%
Statue of the Three Emperors, giving all residents +30 CON.
What is this concept?
This is almost doubling everyone's physique.
The homeless who was originally yellow-faced and thin-skinned, after joining Lin Yuan's territory, his physique directly improved, comparable to a man who grew up eating rice.
And those men who were originally physically strong have a better physique, comparable to strong men who grew up eating meat.
Lin Yuan estimated that the million people in his territory were now comparable to the strength of the land of Yan Zhao.
The advantage of getting a better physique is that the source of soldiers is strong.
The soldiers he recruits will be more powerful than those in other places.
In addition, if the health of the residents improves, they will be more efficient in production.
In addition to the physical changes, the three statues also have a huge talent attraction rate.
Whether it is martial arts, pharmacology, elites, or spirit animals, all aspects are covered.
Lin Yuan could imagine that in the next few days, his territory would usher in a wave of talent explosion.
However, in Lin Yuan's eyes, whether it is talent, people's heart, physique, or public security, it is not as good as the last buff of the Three Emperor Statues.
Reduced Beast Injuries by 50%, Disease Resistance to all residents by +50%, and Natural Disasters by 50%.
These three buffs are the most important for the development of the territory.
Think about it carefully, aren't these buffs exactly the buffs that can only be possessed by the technological society?
Although Lin Yuan did not develop science and technology, he enjoyed the same dividends as technology.
After sacrificing the statue of the Three Emperors, Lin Yuan summoned Zhuge Liang and Wang Anshi to discuss the change of law in the lord's mansion.
The strategy of changing the law is exactly what Wang Anshi suggested.
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi advocated the reform of the law, which led to the Northern Song Dynasty getting rid of poverty and becoming rich, and his achievements are obvious to all.
In the end, the reason why it failed was not due to the content of the change, but because it moved some people's cakes, which ended hastily.
Lin Yuan's territory was in the early stage of development, and the scale of various systems had not been formed, not even the powerful clan, so there was no interference from external forces.
This situation is exactly the same as the Qin State in the early days of Qin Xiaogong.
Waiting to be revived, it is a good opportunity for Wang Anshi to show his strength.
Changing the law will definitely be able to make it strong, and the Northern Song Dynasty Divine Sect has been verified.
What Lin Yuan had to consider was to grasp the drawbacks in the content of the change, so he left Zhuge Liang as a staff officer.
Anyway, Zhong Ziang's rebels have retreated, and there is no threat in the south of Yingzhou for the time being.
He transferred Zhuge Liang back to Wushan City, let Huang Zhong sit in Yingzhou, and coordinate the Huben battalion.
With Zhuge Liang's foresight and insights, we can discover the shortcomings in Wang Anshi's reform strategy and put forward corrections.
Wang Anshi's strategy of changing the law only needs to have three methods.
The first is the law of a rich country, the second is the law of strong soldiers, and the third is the law of soldiers.
The laws of rich countries mainly include the Green Seedling Law, the Exemption Law, the Average Tax Law on Farmland, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the City Easy Law, and the Equal Loss Law, covering agriculture, commerce, and the military.
After Zhuge Liang listened to Wang Anshi's explanation, he immediately pointed out several shortcomings.
First, the Qingmiao Law, is that the lord gives loans to farmers, loans grain, and the interest rate is high, increasing the burden on farmers, Zhuge Liang's suggestion is to reduce the interest by half.
Halving it is nothing more than a little less interest on the lord's income, but the living pressure of the people can be doubled.
Moreover, with the various attribute bonuses of the territory, the harvest of the people is very high, even if only one cent of interest is charged, it is a huge expense.
This seedling method is very suitable for the territory at this stage.
Lin Yuan directly agreed with Zhuge Liang's suggestion, and Wang Anshi did not have any opinions.
Immunization Law: The lord hires residents to perform errand labor, and those who are unwilling to serve on errand pay a certain amount of exemption money.
Lin Yuan vetoed this point of view on the spot.
For no other reason, Lin Yuan didn't need too many errands.
Now he has two corps, a cavalry battalion, and these are combat units.
In the territory, there are also city guards, with about 33,000 people, in addition, there are 20,000 Xiang troops in Suizhou City, 20,000 reserves in Yingzhou City, and 6,000 defenders in Malan City.
There is no shortage of errand servants at all.
The number of people may be a little large.
If the agencies need personnel, they only need to draw a part of the local city guards.
His territory is still small, and he does not need to be on an errand for the time being.
As for the third Fangtian Average Tax Law and the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, Lin Yuan handed over the matter of farmland reclamation and measurement and water conservancy project development to Gongsun He and Li Bing a long time ago.
The approach of the two is no different from what Wang Anshi proposed, and they even do better.
The fifth city change law also coincides with Lin Yuan's original intention of setting up Malan City.
The establishment of market services, the purchase of unsalable goods at the expense of money, and the sale of goods when the market is in shortage, restricts the control of large businessmen over the market, and is conducive to stabilizing prices and commodity exchanges.
It's just that Lin Yuan's plan is even bigger.
He set up a city of commerce and trade, so that it was easier to stabilize the market.
The sixth method of equal loss, the expensive is cheap, the near is easy to far, and the acquisition and transportation are unified.
This is very much in line with Lin Yuan's thoughts.
Lin Yuan immediately told Zhuge Liang and Wang Anshi about his alliance with Allure Dance and Su Qin Fujian.
Wang Anshi's eyes lit up obviously, as if he saw a confidant.
And Zhuge Liang also nodded in agreement.
"My lord, the alliance with the two lords is equivalent to opening up the trade routes between Xiangyang Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion and Xingyuan Mansion, and our unified acquisition and transportation can restrict the manipulation of the territory market and the exploitation of the people by the rich merchants, and facilitate the lives of the citizens."
"Yes, I was thinking about how to open up the road of foreign trade, but I didn't expect that the lord had already considered me in front of me." Wang Anshi also said with admiration.
"It can only be said that in the dark, there is a providence!" Lin Yuan took a light breath.
The first way to make the country rich has been discussed.
The second strategy is the method of strengthening the army.
The Law of Armor Protection, the Law of Reducing Arms, the Law of General War, the Law of Protecting Horses, and the Law of Arms Supervision.
Lin Yuan directly vetoed the first three methods.
First of all, the Baojia Law is to form a rural guard army, which overlaps with the city guard army, and the labor of the people is not conducive to agricultural production.
Second, Lin Yuan has actually been implementing the Law of Reduction.
Every time he captured a group of enemy troops, he first selected the elite among them to enrich the two battalions and cavalry battalions, while the rest enriched the local box army and the city guards, and those who were eliminated from the box army and the city guards were directly reduced to civilians.
As for the third art of war, it was proposed based on the national conditions of the Song Dynasty and the separation of soldiers and generals.
From the time Lin Yuan commanded the troops to the present, he has always arranged for the generals, and he has never been separated from the soldiers under his command, but he doesn't need this strategy.
As for the fourth, Baoma Law, it coincides with Lin Yuan.
The Southern Song Dynasty lacked war horses, and Lin Yuan was thinking about building a military horse farm.
Moreover, the [Iron Eating Beast Divine Bone] he obtained can improve the quality of war horses, which is very suitable for breeding military horses.
If all these military horses are fed by the people and the pastoral system is implemented, a lot of horse raising costs can be saved.
This strategy was directly adopted by Lin Yuan, and Zhuge Liang had no objections.
The Fifth Ordnance Supervision Law.
After thinking for a while, Lin Yuan felt that it was very necessary.
"Mr. Kong Ming, I want to set up an ordnance department, and I want to appoint my sister Huang Yueying as the ordnance supervisor, what do you think?"
Huang Yueying, who is proficient in mechanical arithmetic, is very suitable for this position.
Zhuge Liang paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It's all up to the lord's arrangement." ”
Wang Anshi was also a little surprised, the lord actually reused a woman, which was not a thing in all dynasties.
However, his mind is very open, and he does not feel that there is anything wrong with it.
On the contrary, he also admired Lin Yuan's boldness.
Lin Yuan saw that Zhuge Liang had no objections, so he directly finalized the matter.
Next, there is the last strategy, the method of taking the soldiers.
Due to the BUFF blessing of the Three Emperor Statues, and the [White Deer Cave Academy], the territory will definitely usher in a talent explosion in the next period of time.
As a lord, Lin Yuan must prepare in advance.
Wang Anshi's reform of the imperial examination system and the rectification of Taixue came at the right time with three specific measures.
After Zhuge Liang listened, he felt that Wang Anshi's reform of the imperial examination system was not thorough enough.
Lin Yuan also felt that the imperial examination system could no longer be limited to Confucianism, but should still accommodate the hundred schools of thought and select people with hundreds of specialties.
As for the White Deer Cave Academy, it also needs to be reformed.
Lin Yuan's opinion is to combine the White Deer Cave Academy with Wang Anshi's three-way method.
In addition to teaching the six arts, Lin Yuan will also recruit hundreds of schools of thought in the follow-up, and the teaching is no longer limited to doctrine, but also crafts, craftsmanship, martial arts, **, medicine...... And so on and so forth.
Those who graduated from the White Deer Cave Academy can directly enter the officialdom and do not need the imperial examination.
Regarding the bold reform proposed by Lin Yuan, Wang Anshi was not only shocked, but also shocked.
He is a typical representative of Confucianism, and I am afraid it will be difficult to accept it for a while.
However, Zhuge Liang felt that this was very good.
Meritocracy is Lin Yuan's standard for employing people.
The three of them discussed in the lord's mansion all day, revising and modifying, until late in the evening, when the final strategy was decided.
And on the second day, Wang Anshi's three strategies were also notified to the entire territory by Lin Yuan with the situation of the example.
As soon as the three strategies came out, it directly caused a huge sensation.
Especially the establishment of the Ordnance Division, the Ordnance Superintendent is a woman, which makes many people's jaws drop, but many women in the territory seem to see hope.