Chapter 046: Canyon Reform
I'm Liu Bei.
Since entering the valley, after more than ten days of twists and turns, I finally have my own world. Now, I'm going to start overhauling the canyon in all its aspects.
First of all, the administrative aspect, divide the hierarchy and list the dignity and inferiority. is the so-called three religions and nine streams, each with its own status. The Confucian set of monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, and sons is used in one layer of unchanged.
The people of the valley are collectively called the Han people, and there are elders for every 1,000 people. There are more than 10,000 people in the clan, so there are ten elders.
The ten elders are Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Deng Mao, Qiu Ming, Ting Baihu, Baili Jian, Zhao Zangmang, Shan Xin (Elder Shan), Baili Tie (Elder Baili's son, Baili Ru's father), and the third grandfather. The remaining less than 1,000 are personally led by me and are counted as nobles.
Among the nobles were the portals of merit and status, such as Baili Iron and Shan Xin.
I'm still the patriarch. There is a small door here, that is, the people ruled by the Han Dynasty are all Han Chinese, and I am the patriarch of the Han people. So, if that's it...... Hehe, the emperor has to listen to Lao Tzu! Therefore, it is conducive to the expansion of the territory outward, and the reputation is still excellent.
The new clan law stipulates that only the patriarch of the clan has the power to take over and rule the valley, and the elders also enjoy certain privileges. The rest of the ordinary people are equal.
The reason for this is simple, without privileges, who wants to be an official? How can it be strong without dictatorship? Every time a powerful feudal empire emerged, the country was sure to have a dictatorship of extraordinary ability. Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Sect and Song Ancestor are all like this.
Second, in the economic aspect, the ownership of the means of production should be reformed and the enthusiasm of the ethnic people should be aroused. Build kilns and build armor. This is the foundation of trade and prosperity.
The clan law stipulates that the cultivator has his field, the hunter has his mountain, the fisherman has his river, and the merchant has his goods. The farmland and plantable hills in the canyon are all owned by the clan. The patriarch distributes it equally to each household according to the clan law. No rent, no taxes. This point is the fundamental guarantee for hiding wealth from the people.
In fact, there is a lot of arable land in the clan, and after a rough calculation, it is completely self-sufficient and does not need to be purchased from other places. Over the centuries, the lives of the people have not improved, but have become worse and worse. The fundamental reason is that the public ownership of the big pot of rice has undermined the production enthusiasm of the people, resulting in a reduction in grain production and income, no grain for the next day in the rice tank, and no clothes for the other season in the kitchen cabinet. Farm tools are damaged and not repaired, and the level of agricultural production is backward. The whole people seem to be living in the primitive era of fire farming.
When I proposed this reform, the third grandfather and Elder Shan both knelt down and praised. It was quite a surprise. I can't help but sigh that the root of the oppression of feudal society is taxation, and without the oppression of taxation, how can the people's lives be bad? Although there has been no mention of taxation in the clan, it is different outside the canyon.
According to the words of the third grandfather, this is the emperor's business. In my opinion, this is the foundation of creation. It is believed that under such a system of ownership of the means of production, the economic strength of the valley will be strengthened, and even the ruling area will become the richest area in the country in the future.
The troubled times have come, the beacon fire is continuous, the demand for weapons and iron armor is huge, due to the limitation of the level of manufacturing technology, the inconvenience of the turnover of currency merchants, etc., the market supply capacity has been greatly reduced, and the supply of armor is in short supply.
Therefore, the production of armor and selling it to all parties will inevitably make a lot of money. Making war money is the fastest way to make money that is popular with warlords. This aspect of the matter is left to the third grandfather to take care of it.
Finally, the military aspect. The military service system was introduced, and the clan soldier system was abolished.
Every adult male is required to serve one year of military service every three years. When you reach the age of 40, you automatically become a reserve, and after the age of 50, you can retire and receive the family's allowance. In order not to reduce the combat effectiveness of the reserves, the reserves are required to participate in an intensive training camp once a year.
Thus calculated, the number of regular troops increased to a thousand. There is a full army of troops, and I personally command them. And asked Bai Liru's father, Bai Li Tie, to carefully build a tiger talisman. Only the Tiger Talisman can be used to mobilize troops.
Since the most urgent military goal at the moment was to build fortifications, the troops were temporarily led by Guan Yu.
Originally, Zhu Jinlong was the best choice for the construction of fortifications, and he also wanted to stay. I wasn't right before. As soon as Elder Baili's funeral was over, I drove him back to Youzhou. I'm counting on him to respond in Youzhou in the future.
As for education, diplomacy, etc., it is limited to the distinction of ability and priority, and it will be implemented slowly when all these things have settled down.
According to this reform plan, the clan implemented it for a month, and the results were remarkable. Both food production and armor manufacturing have increased in quality and output, and they have increased dramatically.
The morale of the army is even more high, and in a month, the White Snake Village has been renovated and built. Now it is twice as big as before, and it has a stronger military defense. Even if it is besieged by an army of 50,000, it will not be a problem to hold out for several months.
In the following days, the army will begin to build arrow towers at the entrance to the canyon and the entrance to the village, along with the embankment of the White River. The project is estimated to take two years. Once completed, the White Snake Village and Canyon will become a city within a city. The entire canyon will be connected with a military defense system. At that time, when an army of 100,000 comes to besiege, it can also be done calmly.