In fact, Daoyan has already gotten the news from Zhu Di, Zhu Di plans to set up the north and south Zhili, that is, the current Zhili is changed to the south Zhili, and the "Jingnan old area", that is, including Beiping Mansion, Yongping Mansion (Jizhou to Shanhaiguan area), Baoding Mansion, and later controlled Hejian Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Guangping Mansion, and Daimyo Mansion, set up as North Zhili, that is, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of Jiang Xinghuo's previous life.

The two princes, one stayed in Nanzhili, and the other went to the "Jingnan Old Area" in Beizhili, where the conditions were relatively difficult.

And where Jiang Xinghuo goes is also a problem that Dao Yan must consider, and it can even be said that it is a problem that needs to be considered in the first place.

After all, whether it is to promote new ideas or ignite new productive forces, there needs to be a test field, and South Zhili and North Zhili, no matter which one is used as a test field, each has its own advantages and disadvantages. On the contrary, in Daoyan's view, even the advantages and disadvantages of the north and south are equal.

In Nanzhili, the advantage is that Nanzhili has developed commerce and a good economic foundation, just like the Southern Song Dynasty, it is easy to give birth to large-scale handicraft workshops (non-factories) for export industries through the maritime trade brought by the West, such as silk, ceramics, tea bricks, etc.

The disadvantage is that Nanzhili is also the basic plate of the gentry class in Jiangnan, and these scholars, who use land as the capital of "cultivating and reading heirlooms", are not only very disgusted with commercial trade, but also deeply disgusted with any reform that destroys the traditional order.

Moreover, the gentry class occupies an absolute advantage in terms of public opinion discourse and grassroots control, and if they want to start reform from Nanzhili, they will face very, very big resistance in all aspects.

In Beizhili, the disadvantage is that the north is already sparsely populated, and now it has been ravaged by war, and there are fewer people and more land, and the economy is basically close to collapse, and it is difficult to easily develop new productive forces, after all, even the agricultural productivity is not saturated, how can we talk about entering the next stage?

After four years of baptism in the Jingnan War, from the government organization to the civilian villages, a thorough militarization transformation has been completed, and all resources, including manpower and material resources, are uniformly dispatched to serve the war, which also means that the organization of Beizhili is extremely high, and the resistance faced is extremely low.

Now that the war has just ended, and there is no return to normalcy, if you want to reform, you only need to give an order, and it can be well implemented, and there is very little resistance from top to bottom.

Of course, the premise is that if the obstacle from the internal civilian system of the Yan army, that is, the northern civilian system, can be eliminated.

Here we have to mention an important person.

As the most important supporter of the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi, Guo Zi, the political envoy of Beiping.

If Dao Yan is Zhu Di's "Zhang Liang", and Jin Zhong, a staff officer of the army, is Zhu Di's "Chen Ping", then Guo Zi, who assisted Zhu Gaochi and was in fact responsible for the administration of the Yan Army, is now the Beijing Xingbu Shangshu (Xingbu Shangshu, a special official name in the Yongle era, with the same rank as the six Shangshu, and the same position as the Beiping Bu political envoy) Guo Zi, is Zhu Di's "Xiao He".

The Yan army fought for four years, thanks to Guo Zi in charge of military salaries, and there was no danger of starvation, and Guo Zi was compared to "Xiao He", which was said by Zhu Di himself.

However, after Dao Yan thought about Jiang Xinghuo's release from prison, which one of the north and south Zhili would be used as the test field, and it only ended here.

Because Jiang Xinghuo, who got the answer, continued to speak.

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"I think that violent organizations that conform to the law of blood reward are nothing more than two, one is the official army and the other is the bandits." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"What do you guys think?"

Jiang Xinghuo turned his head to look around and looked at the other two.

"That's what I thought too." Zheng He stroked his beard.

Zhu Di nodded and did not speak.

Seeing that several people had the same idea, Jiang Xinghuo said: "In order to help you understand the law of blood reward, it is also to understand the two extreme models of feudal state management, that is, the pursuit of long-term maximization of blood reward benefits, and the pursuit of short-term maximization of blood reward benefits. I'll use a short historical story as an example to illustrate this part. ”

"This story is called Duck City Fengyun."

"Blood reward as a reward for the bloody and desperate efforts of violent organizations, either the official army or the bandits. Our story starts with a gang in the mountains near Duck City in Jiannan Province during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and tells us how the violent organization evolved into the pursuit of maximizing the long-term benefits of blood rewards. ”

Several people listened to this little story called "Duck City Fengyun" with great interest.

Obviously, the times are real, but the names of people and places should all be fictional.

And Zhu Di also has great expectations about how to understand the blood reward from a gang of bandits, and how to see the shadow of feudal state management from a gang of bandits.

Jiang Xinghuo cleared his throat and said.

"There is a gang of bandits near Yacheng who occupy the mountain as the king, they use the pattern of the leaf card (originated in the early mahjong prototype game of the Tang and Song dynasties) as a mask, known as the 'bandits' stopped on the trade road to rob, as long as it is passing by, no matter who it is, it is inevitable to go through the process of killing people and stealing goods."

"Of course, sometimes their leader Wang Mazi is kind, and he doesn't necessarily kill people, but after robbing the money, he lets the 'bandits' let people go."

"Over time, the matter of 'bandits' on this trade road has spread in the merchant circle, what do you think the merchant will do?"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and replied guessingly.

"Since you have to lose all your money whether you take your life or not, you must take a detour."

"Captain Yan is right!"

Jiang Xinghuo glanced at Captain Yan, who dared to steal words in front of the prince, and became more and more suspicious in his heart, but he could only press it for the time being.

"So the businessmen took a detour, and the common people didn't go from here, and the 'bandits' began to sit and eat empty, and the 'bandits' realized that they couldn't continue to do this, which was tantamount to cutting off their own money, which was equivalent to killing their own parents."

Therefore, Wang Mazi announced to the public that in the future, whether it is a merchant or a pedestrian, the bandits will not only hurt their lives and plunder their property. On the contrary, they will be given 'tapp' as proof of payment of protection money, and only need to show 'tapp', so that in the subsequent road sections and forks in the road, the bandits will not hurt their lives, let alone ask for additional property. ”

"The price of 'Mapai' is ten cents a piece, and one piece is sold at a minimum. The bandits set up cards on the trade routes, and paid copper coins according to the value of the goods of the business trip or the number of pedestrians, in exchange for the corresponding number of 'hemp cards'. ”

Jiang Xinghuo continued to ask: "In this way, in the face of the 'hemp bandits' led by Wang Mazi selling 'hemp cards' at a clear price, guess what the businessmen and ordinary people will do?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu habitually touched his beard and replied: "Naturally, we have to consider the gains and losses in the detour time, as well as the question of whether the bandits are trustworthy. ”

"One more point." Zheng He reminded on the side: "You may also encounter new bandits on a detour. ”

"That's right." Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, but he couldn't think about it comprehensively.

Zhu Di concluded thoughtfully: "So the business travelers and the common people have to weigh the question, whether it is cost-effective to buy 'mah cards' from the bandits, or whether it is cost-effective to take a longer time and risk being robbed by other bandits." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his father's expression, and carefully analyzed: "It should be cost-effective to buy 'hemp cards'." ”

"That's true."

Jiang Xinghuo also nodded and continued.

"So gradually, the business travelers and the common people found that Wang Mazi was credible, and he could indeed pass safely after buying the 'hemp brand', and they began to gradually trust these bandits, and even, the people of the surrounding villages would take the initiative to pay the bandits to buy the 'hemp brand', but not for the passage."

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously.

"Not for the passage, then for what?"

Jiang Xinghuo replied: "The purpose of paying money to buy 'tapp) is to let these bandits who do not hurt people's lives come to help them resist the looting of other bandits, and sometimes there are disputes, and Wang Mazi will help to administer justice." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was surprised: "Is this still a gang?" Isn't this an official army? ”

And Zhu Di's thinking is obviously deeper than his stupid son, and Zhu Di is very keenly aware that the 'hemp card' at this time has actually become the equivalent of blood reward.

Selling 'hemp cards' means that the bandits are collecting blood rewards.

And the common people went from fear to acceptance, and even needed the bandits to help defend Sangzi, and even mediate the conflict, which was obviously a turning point for the violent organization of the bandits, and the blood reward began to pursue long-term maximization.

Because at this time, the bandits have realized that only by changing from the destroyer of order to the maintainer of order can they sell 'mahjong' for more and longer periods of time, and continue to fish with all their might, instead of directly draining the pond and fishing out.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head slightly and said: "No, they are still bandits, because some bandits are insatiable." ”

"After all, the bandits are not officials and soldiers, they can't do the order to prohibit it, and Wang Mazi's words, the bandits are not completely obedient. Sometimes, the bandits will take off their leaf brand hoods and put on the outfits of other gangsters to rob the villagers who have obviously paid for the 'hemp brand', but unfortunately, once they did not do it cleanly, and they were identified by the villagers who escaped. ”

"Wang Mazi is a hero, the rules of the bandits were broken, and his face couldn't be honest, so he killed the bandits who broke the rules with his own hands, and the people were angry."

Zhu Gaoxu shrank his neck, how does this story sound so similar to the story of a third son?

The only difference is that the third son was caught by his imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang.

Jiang Xinghuo continued to say lightly: "This kind of thing of borrowing the head of a brother to win the trust of the people, in this small bandit gang in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, of course, it will happen every three or five places, of course, this does not affect Wang Mazi's power gradually growing, and the bandits even began to put away the autumn grain in style, step by step, and began to really transform into the official army." ”