Whether a dynasty is about to change the dynasty is one of the important reference criteria, that is, whether there is still mobility between classes.

To put it simply, if the class has been solidified, the road to the upper class has been completely monopolized, and the people at the bottom have no hope of promotion no matter how hard and desperately they work, then this dynasty will basically come to an end.

And this is the case in the Ming Dynasty today.

There is no need to say more on the civilian side, the Donglin Party has almost dominated the world, and people from other parties are either playing dead or marginalized, and it is difficult for them to enter the power decision-making center.

As for the local guard posts, they are even more decaying and declining, and the military attaché forces in various places are so strong that they are difficult to shake, and even the general army of a town does not dare to touch the interests of the military attache groups in various places at will without sufficient reasons.

As for the ordinary officers and soldiers in the guards, there is not the slightest future at all.

Even if he made some military achievements, most of them were embezzled by his superiors, and he could give a reward of three melons and two dates after he was done, which was a great deal of mercy!

If you mix well, it is nothing more than being able to become the family of the military attachés, become their private army, be able to eat and drink enough, and feed a family, this is already the best situation!

And at this moment, Lu Fan's military-only theory is an extremely bold decision for Xuanzhen East Road and even the entire Xuanzhen, which is definitely digging the foundation of the entire military attache group!

But Lu Fan doesn't care!

Next year, Dongnu crossed Xuanfu Town and ravaged the North China Plain, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other homeless people rebelled, and the troubled times were completely opened.

And if you want to raise a group of troops that can fight well, without a reasonable and standardized military merit system, you can't play it at all.

In history, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the officers and troops in various places were crushed at the touch of the enemy, and they did not have the slightest fighting spirit at all, but after surrendering to the Qing army, they were all high-spirited and braver than anyone else!

There are many reasons for this situation, but one of the most important points is that the Qing army belongs to an emerging country, and the class has not been solidified, whether it is a civilian official or a soldier, it can be continuously improved through merit, compared to eating and waiting for death in the Ming army, there is much more hope!

For example, now, stimulated by the silver of white flowers and inspired by the military merit system, most of the people in Yanghe City can hear the cheers of "the mighty general" from afar.

And in the midst of the cheers, the elite cavalry of the two thousand brocade guards wearing elite armor, wearing long knives at their waists, carrying bows and crossbows, and riding war horses, lined up outside the city gate under the leadership of Lu Jianxing.

The 2,000 elite formation, without the premise of giving an order, there was no movement in the entire military formation, and there was not the slightest sound.

Except for the occasional commotion of some horses from time to time, raising their voices and snorting a few times, the entire military formation is like a puddle of abyssal Dead Sea, and the silence is palpitating.

Li An and the others were terrified in their hearts, what kind of iron law was this, so that the training department could be so orderly?

If these elite cavalry formed a battle formation and launched a charge, who would be able to stop them?

Although the number of these garrisons was large, most of them were infantry, and the total number of cavalry was less than 1,000.

Li An even suspected that if the 2,000 cavalry suddenly launched a charge at this moment, I'm afraid that their entire Eastern Route officers and troops would have to be completely explained here!

Fortunately, the general did not mean to kill everything, and after explaining the matter, his voice suddenly rose a few points.

"Let's go!"

The order was issued, the army was mobilized, and Lu Jianxing led a thousand people to open the way in front and set off first.

After that, the officers and soldiers from all walks of life also drove in turn, rushing to the nearest mountain bandit village outside the city.

In the end, Jin Yichuan led a thousand cavalry and pressed the formation in the rear.

It is said that it is a pressure formation, but everyone knows that these are the prison army, and on the way to the march, if anyone dares to mess around, what they will greet is probably the bloody massacre of those brocade-clothed guards!

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After seeing the army disappear, Lu Fan turned around and focused his attention on matters such as clearing the wasteland again.

As for the suppression of bandits, he is actually not worried, what is the problem of bandits on the East Road, these days, the Jinyi Wei Ti Cavalry has already investigated clearly, and he is not the opponent of the Ti Cavalry under Lu Jianxing at all.

The main reason for the mobilization of such a large number of troops was to divert the attention of the officers and troops to the matter of suppressing bandits, so that they would not be in chaos and delay the spring ploughing and farming time.

The cost of clearing the wasteland and tuning the fields is actually very huge.

Especially in the entire East Road, the financial and material resources are even more astronomical.

Even with the support of the Yanghe Dao Military Reserve Mansion in terms of cattle, farm tools, grain seeds, etc., for Lu Fan, the cost of the General's Mansion is still huge.

Not to mention anything else, most of the tenants of the entire East Road have invested in the reclamation, and from the beginning of the reclamation to the autumn harvest, the people have no source of income.

That is to say, for most of the next half year, the entire General Counselor's Mansion must mobilize a large amount of grain from all over the country to feed the people of the entire East Road, otherwise these people will not be able to support the day of the grain harvest!

"Everything is always difficult at the beginning, survive this year, and the entire East Road can get better!"

In the next few days, Lu Fan led people to start patrolling the cities on the East Road, looking at the people in full swing in various villages and villages, with a look of relief.

The people of the Ming Dynasty are the best to manage, as long as they can give a stutter and give a little hope, they definitely support the decision-making of the upper-level rulers more than anyone else!

During this period, there were people who fled from all over the country to take refuge in the East Road, especially the people in Shaanxi and Gansu.

During the Xiaoice period, the weather became more and more strange, it did not rain when it should not rain, and it rained for a long time when it should not rain, especially in Shaanxi and Gansu regions, almost every moment, there were displaced people who could not survive, and their families took their families to other provinces to escape the famine.

The East Road of Datong Town, which encourages land reclamation and food and housing, has become the preferred target of the displaced people!

For the arrival of the displaced people, Lu Fan naturally welcomed.

In this era, population is always the most important productive force, and no matter what you do, it is impossible to achieve it without one at your disposal.

Of course, the arrival of more and more displaced people also made Lu Fan's economic pressure increase day by day, and as a last resort, he began to sell some materials through the Suning Chamber of Commerce.

When he was in the capital, Beizhen Fusi really scavenged a lot of wealth from the officials in the capital.

Not to mention millions of taels of silver, cloth, silk, tea, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and some small objects are also countless.

According to Lu Fan's order, except for leaving some ordinary fabrics to make military uniforms, the rest of the silk, fur and other things were sold.

As for the antiques, calligraphy and paintings that the literati and elegant guests liked, except for a few pieces left in case of emergency, most of them were also sold.

Most of the things sold were converted into grain, iron, cloth, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, wood, cotton, coal and other important materials.

As for the silver, he does not take it.

When troubled times come, silver can't be spent in your hands, it's no different from waste, it's far less important than food and other materials!