Back home, Wu Zhi went to see the process of distilling alcohol from Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, and saw that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were becoming more and more proficient in operation, and he was happy and helped out, Jin Lian, Xiao'e and Dahu and other people were also there to help, and they were quite excited to see him coming, and the family was happy.

By the time the alcohol had been distilled and things had been packed, it was almost dark. At the dinner, Wu Zhi took out three bottles of "champion alcohol" wine, saying that he wanted to treat everyone, he toasted a glass of wine to everyone, the wine was too strong, so that Feng Niang, Jin Lian and Xiao'e and other eight women did not dare to drink anymore after taking a sip, and blushed and looked for soup to make wine; Wu Xiu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun, Dahu and Erhu and others were intoxicated by alcohol, and good wine can be intoxicating. Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo also drank only one glass of wine before they were drunk.

Seeing this, Wu Zhi had no choice but to drink with Wu Xiu and the other five people, and after drinking three cups, he didn't dare to drink anymore, so he ate and ate slowly, and Wu Xiu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun, Dahu and Erhu were there to drink. Seeing that he was in a good mood and did not worry about being punished by the demotion of the lord, everyone couldn't help but relax and their mood improved.

After the banquet, Wu Zhi chatted with Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Jin Lian and Xiao'e for a while before getting up and returning to the study, ready to write a recital.

As soon as I sat down, I saw Jin Lian and Xiao'e also walking in, Jin Lian was still holding a cup of fragrant tea in her hand, walked to the table gracefully, gently put down the tea, and stood quietly next to her with a smile. Xiao'e ran to the table, picked up the inkstone, and happily studied ink for him.

Wu Zhi smiled, took a chair, put it next to the table, pulled Jin Lian to sit down, turned around and sat down, only then did he pick up his pen and slowly write the recital.

Jin Lian was pulled by him to sit down, blushing all the time, Xiao'e chuckled even more, Jin Lian glared at her with disgust, and her face was even more embarrassed. When Xiao'e saw Wu Zhi start writing, she suppressed her laughter and watched Wu Zhi write while grinding ink. Jin Lian also regained her demeanor and watched quietly.

Wu Zhi put pen to paper while conceiving, writing and writing, and decided to write it in two parts.

How one increased the income of the imperial court. He clearly pointed out that the problem of land annexation in the whole country is very serious nowadays, and most of the land has been concentrated in the hands of the gentry and landlords, and most of the people have no land to cultivate, so they can only work as tenant farmers to earn a meager income. However, the imperial court collects land taxes according to the capitation, the official gentry and landlords have thousands of hectares of fertile land but the taxes are very low or even do not have to pay taxes, thousands of people lack land but pay very high taxes, the rich are richer, the poor are poorer, the polarization is serious, the people's grievances are quite deep, and it has also caused the land taxes that should be collected not to be collected, and the land taxes concealed by the official gentry and landlords do not know how many, and the treasury is naturally empty! Subsequently, he proposed that in order to change the current situation of the emptiness of the state treasury and fill the state treasury, the only way to do this is to get rid of the tax collected on a per capita basis, apportionment of the tax to the mu, and the integration of the land, that is, to change the previous method of collecting the tax separately from the tax (including the tax on the head of the person, the levy of servitude, etc.) and the tax on the field, and to collect the tax on the land together.

The specific method is: first of all, unify the field measurement standards, and take the length of each side of each eight zhang as one mu, that is, about one quarter of the current one field, and then collect the field tax in the new mu as a unit. The second is to re-measure and liquidate the land throughout the country, first of all, the land of the prefectures and counties that has been cultivated is cleared, the amount of land occupied by each household is verified, and according to the topography and fertility of the fields, the fields are divided into grades, the cadastral is formulated, and the tax amounts of each level are stipulated; It also fabricated mu accounts, village accounts, household posts and A posts as records and vouchers; There is a transfer of land property, the official deed, and the county register, and the actual land cultivated shall prevail. The third is to first apportionment the tax into the square field tax to calculate and pay the fixed amount, and each new mu of land is reduced to one-sixth of the fixed amount of each square field as appropriate, and the land tax is fixed according to the number of acres of new land. Fourth, regardless of official land or private land, whether it is an official gentleman or a relative of the emperor, the land must be declared and re-measured and liquidated, and the land must be paid truthfully and regularly according to the number of acres of new land according to the regulations, and everyone will be treated equally! Fifth, the exemption from errand service can be replaced by cash and levied together with the field endowment. Sixth, after the apportionment into the mu, the land endowment will be taxed in cash, and the proportion of the south and the north will be fixed, and the summer and autumn will be the same. Seventh, the grain market should be liberalized, and the surplus grain in the hands of peasant households can be freely traded in the market in exchange for money; at the same time, the system of peace and joint purchase should be abolished, and the government should purchase grain, grass and other materials for reserve storage from the market at a paramount price, and there must be no forced price reduction, nor can officials and businessmen collude to raise prices, and violators will be severely punished! Eighth, it is necessary to strengthen supervision and management, to institutionalize and standardize, the emperor and the imperial court must have the courage and determination to break through the cauldron and overcome all difficulties, to have strong administrative and military means as a guarantee, clear rewards and punishments, thunderous attacks, and the forbidden army in all localities should also participate in the work of measuring and liquidating land!

In seconding the proposal, Wu Zhi also proposed the complete abolition of the Seedlings Law, which had fattened a group of bureaucrats and gentry, but greatly harmed the interests of the general public, and should be abolished. In the second motion, Wu Zhi also proposed that in addition to apportioning the land into the mu, the people can also be encouraged to open up the wasteland, and even resettle the land, and the fields that have been cultivated and used by the peasant households, and the first year will be exempted from taxes, and the taxes can be levied according to the number of acres of wasteland from the next year, and in order to encourage immigrants to reclaim the land, the immigrants can even reduce or exempt the land for another year.

Finally, the second memo was about the formation and training of the new army, and Wu Zhi completely copied the three-three system of the modern army of later generations.

In the midst of the compromises, Wu Zhi proposed that in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army and cope with the complicated wars in the future, he hoped that on the basis of the left and right battalions of the Red Guards, about 30,000 young guards under the age of 40 who could endure hardships and stand hard work would be selected from among the forbidden forces to form a new army. The new army is organized into one corps, with three divisions, nine brigades, 27 regiments, 81 battalions, 243 companies, 729 platoons, and 2,187 squads under the three-three system. The new army was equipped with new weapons and equipment, conducted new training, and became an independent army, not subject to the jurisdiction and control of other forbidden forces. Wu Zhi proposed that in order to strengthen leadership, the new army should set up military headquarters, division headquarters, brigade headquarters, regimental headquarters, battalion headquarters, company units, platoon levels, and class organizations from top to bottom. The military department shall have one army commander, who can be held by the emperor, and two deputy army commanders, who will be recommended as Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu, who will be selected and hired by the imperial court to lead the new army in a unified manner, and there shall be one chief and one deputy commander below the division headquarters. At the same time, a general staff department and a logistics support department were set up under the jurisdiction of the military headquarters, and the two departments had the same authority as the division headquarters. The General Staff Department has a chief of staff, two deputy chiefs of staff, and a number of staff officers, who are involved in intelligence spying and military aircraft planning, and all staff personnel should be proficient in military affairs and geography. The logistics support department has one director, two deputy directors, and a number of logistics personnel, whose responsibilities are to manage the logistics support of the whole army, the supply of grain, grass and materials, the equipment and equipment of weapons and equipment, and the management and distribution of military salaries. Divisional, brigade, regimental, battalion, company, and platoon commanders and deputy commanders could be recruited from the Red Guard Battalion, and he proposed that the commander of the first division (division commander) and deputy division commander (deputy commander of the division headquarters) could be Lin Chong and Sun Qi respectively; The commander and deputy commander of the second division can be held by Wang Jin and Li Tingliang respectively; The commander of the third division was determined by the imperial court. Brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons below the rank of the chief and deputy commanders can be appointed in descending order by one grade according to the division level. The salaries of the new army are equal to those of the prohibited army of the upper class, and shall be paid in full.

Wu Zhi also seconded the proposal that a number of skilled craftsmen could be separated from the superintendents, and then skilled craftsmen could be hired from the civilian sector with high salaries to form a firearms bureau to specialize in manufacturing new weapons for the use of the new army.

After Wu Zhi finished writing, more than an hour had passed, and seeing that Jin Lian and Xiao'e were still watching with interest, he smiled apologetically and drank the tea on the table. After thinking for a while, he took out a piece of rice paper and wrote a poem "Fortune Operator: Yongmei": "Outside the post bridge, there is no owner." It's already dusk and I'm alone, and it's even more windy and rainy. has no intention of fighting for spring, and a group of people are jealous. Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before. ”

When he finished writing, he casually gave it to Jin Lian beside him. Jin Lian took it with both hands, and gently recited the words in her mouth, smiling happily. But when Xiao'e, who was grinding ink, saw this, she pursed her mouth and expressed her dissatisfaction.

Seeing this, Wu Zhi thought for a while, took out another piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote another poem, or "Fortune Operator, Yongmei", but the words and sentences were different: "A branch in the bamboo is oblique, reflecting the forest more than quiet." After the rain, Qingqi painting can not be completed, and the shallow water is sparse. Blow through the small single Yu, and think about it. Before the wind, the fragrance is dark, and the moonlight invades the flowers cold. ”

After writing, hand it to Xiao'e. Xiao'e took a look, and immediately smiled, cheered, and jumped up.

Jin Lian was stunned when she saw him write another poem casually, and hurriedly put down the words in her hand, approached Xiao'e, read the words in Xiao'e's hand, looked at it, and exclaimed: "It's all good words!" Then he looked up at Wu Zhi, his eyes were blazing, and his face was adoring.

Can it not be a good word? This is all cheekily borrowed by him!

After Jin Lian and Xiao'e went back to their room to rest contentedly, Wu Zhi sorted out the two folds and stayed alone in the study, continuing to think about some questions.

Is he thinking about how to form a new army? How do you train your troops? In addition to bamboo grenades, will flintlock pistols and artillery be developed in new weapons? And what should I do about the future trade routes? How to expand your business? Wait, there are a lot of problems, I thought about it for half a night, and when I felt sleepy, he went back to the bedroom to rest.

The next day, after being on duty from the front of the palace, Wu Zhi went to the Hou Mansion to inspect the progress and quality of the renovation and decoration of the Hou Mansion, and made some corrections. The craftsmen are very dedicated, the renovation and decoration project is progressing smoothly, and the effect of renovation and decoration is also good. Wu Zhi was quite satisfied and praised everyone.

Two days later, Wu Zhi, accompanied by Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu, inspected the Japanese army, Tianwu army, Huyi army, and Xiongwu army in Beijing under the command of the palace front division.

During the review, all the soldiers were brightly dressed and looked majestic, but after the inspection, Wu Zhi kept shaking his head, half of the team of more than 50,000 people were veterans over forty or fifty years old, and they had no combat effectiveness at all, and many of the younger guards were still gold-plated sons and buddies stuffed in by the emperor's relatives, and they were weak.

But when the soldiers saw Wu Zhi, they were shocked and surprised, they didn't expect that their supreme boss was so young, and he was still a hairy young man who was only twenty years old! What surprised them even more was that although this hairy young man was young, he looked heroic and imposing, and he was calm and measured, advancing and retreating freely, and he had a restrained majesty and bearing, which was not to be seen.

Wu Zhi ended the forbidden army review in disappointment, although he was mentally prepared in advance, but the actual situation was even worse than he expected, it seems that it is quite difficult to select 30,000 new troops out of these 50,000 people.