Land reform has given Xinming and even Chinese wings to fly!

The land annexation that had intensified before had been significantly curbed, and more peasants had been given land, and there were even social rumors that those with more than 1,000 mu of land would pay 15 percent of the tax, and those with more than 5,000 mu of land would pay 20 percent of the tax.

The boots landed, and instead of raising taxes, the imperial court announced that the land that was not cultivated within five years would be nationalized free of charge!

Due to the pressure of immigrants from the southeast and construction in the northeast, the landlords could not raise the tenant rent, otherwise the peasants would rather emigrate, and whoever wanted to plant this land could plant!

Land reform must be accompanied by "imperial power to the countryside", only the tentacles of the imperial court extend into the countryside, land reform can be successful, after all, a township government is placed in the countryside, they specialize in this kind of affairs, the township officials go to the countryside every day, how can it be compared with the dragonfly management of the city officials.

It is impossible for peasants to carry out large-scale projects on their own, and the newly established township governments can develop the rural economy, open up remote roads, develop water conservancy, level land, and manage them in a unified manner, so as to popularize the knowledge of agricultural planting and increase productivity.

Schools were also established and literacy began in China's vast rural areas.

Medical stations have been set up, and doctors have made outstanding contributions to public medical care and epidemic prevention in rural areas.

The township government is not only able to allocate and mobilize labor and resources for large-scale infrastructure construction and rural industry, but also opens the way for political participation and grassroots self-government of ordinary farmers.

You have to eradicate illiteracy, and the people's wisdom can be opened before you can move forward to the next step.

In addition, the township government can strengthen population management, and the township officials have been in the countryside for many years, and others can't do anything, and they can see it at a glance after staying for a long time.

In this large-scale land reform and the imperial power to the countryside, there were also repeats, some people cheated, but there was no big commotion, there were no major events that affected the society and shook the country's foundation, and this reform was actually completed in waves!

The imperial court encouraged that each Ding should occupy no more than 100 acres of land, and more than double the tax.

Encourage childbirth, originally no more than 100 acres of land to pay a tax of 20 tax one, if the Dingkou has a minor child, the land tax is zero!

There is no such preferential treatment for land of more than 100 acres, and the iron-hearted imperial court is to vigorously curb land annexation, the biggest problem in China is the land problem, hundreds of millions of peasants have no land, and no ruler can sleep well, even Yan Changwu.

In some places where there is a lot of land, the imperial court encourages large grain growers to contract, and two-thirds of the grain produced is sold to the state, which can be exempted from tax.

Of course, everything is crossing the river by feeling the stones, and the overall effect is still good!

Such a huge change, in fact, Yan Changwu didn't bother much, he sat in Nanjing City, and the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty was immediately stable, this is the ability of the founding king!

He focused on the north, on the Ming army that confronted the Khalkha cavalry.

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The defense of the Ming Dynasty in the north is very perfect, and in 1368 the Ming Dynasty founded the country, set up nine great Sai kings, and ruled the Monan Zhuwei Station. After Yongle, the Monan Zhuwei Station was gradually abolished or moved inward, leaving only the nine-sided town. The nine-sided town refers to the east from the Yalu River, west to Jiayuguan, stretching for thousands of miles on the northern border defense line has set up Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town (Tianjin Moss County), Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Taiyuan Town (also known as Shanxi Town or Sanguan Town), Yansui Town (also known as Yulin Town), Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town (also known as Shaanxi Town), Gansu Town nine important border towns, known as "Nine Border Town" in history.

During the Jiajing period, the Ming court added Changping Town and Zhenbao Town in the northwest of Beijing, and during the Wanli period, Shanhai Town was separated from Jizhou Town, and Lintao Town was separated from Guyuan Town.

The nine-sided town was an important front for the Ming Dynasty to defend against the remnants of the Mongol forces, after which the Mongols declined, the Tatars rose, mainly in the Liaodong Town, the Ming Dynasty lost a lot of divisions, but in the end the Tatars were defeated.

Then the Khalkha cavalry in Mobei went south, and the towns of the nine-border towns began to become important, and the imperial court strengthened the city defenses and replenished the soldiers, and the border line became lively again.

It is not easy to deal with the nomads, they have a number of horses, a hundred miles a day without a problem, in the morning to attack the Beijing division, in the afternoon to the town of Yuzhou, the third day to reach the Shanhaiguan, the capital to the east of the turn, in the two legs of you can't beat him four legs, he wants to beat you to beat you in the miserable realm.

The Ming Dynasty seems to have established a perfect defense system for the northern guards, but in fact, the Mongolian army can move back and forth between the fortifications and guards of various cities, and the entire northern border defense of the Ming Dynasty is a big sieve, leaking water everywhere and ventilating everywhere.

The nomadic cavalry was originally difficult to deal with, the Ming Dynasty also died by itself, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use the Tuntian soldiers as a defense, while fighting in Tuntian, the ideal is very full, the reality is very skinny, the princes, TJs, officers, etc. stationed in the border towns are vying to occupy the Tuntian, and the soldiers are cultivated for them, and the soldiers are unbearable and abused, and there are more escapees.

"There was a shortage of soldiers, there was little food, and the border army could not achieve food self-sufficiency in the fields, so the imperial court ordered the salt merchants to exchange the grain from the border for salt, so the rich merchants and magnates paid to recruit farmers to the border to open up wasteland and cultivate fields, and the granaries on the border were also sufficient.

However, in the period of filial piety and Hongzhi, Ye Qi, the head of the household department, asked the salt merchants to pay the silver in exchange, and the grain was supplied to the border by Taicang, and the salt merchants naturally no longer cared whether the border granary was full, and the border land was becoming barren, the price of grain at the border was getting more and more expensive, and the border military grain was becoming more and more difficult.

After Wuzong, the border generals risked their salaries, the border soldiers fled, and so on have become commonplace, and the border preparations are becoming increasingly abandoned, although the imperial court has repeatedly helped to send troops, either a drop in the bucket, or a refueling tactic, after all, it will not work! ”

"Now that the imperial court has re-implemented the old system, the salt merchants can only exchange the grain from the border for salt, and you see, Lord Governor, there is a newly opened field for salt merchants' funds!" On the city wall of Mozhou Town, Fu Tianxi, the prefect of Beijing, led Zu Dashou, the governor of the nine borders, to watch the fields in the distance of the city, and the peasants were farming.

This is Fu Tianxi's work, so he knows it very well.

"With Master Laofu, the governor has benefited a lot!" Zu Dashou, who was already full of white hair, humbly bowed his hand.

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" Fu Tianxi bent his waist and saluted.

The two of them talk about the official rank, Zu Dashou is a military attaché, Fu Tianxi is a civil official of the fourth grade, the new dynasty has a new atmosphere, there is no civil system of martial arts, the official is big, and it will not be like the former Ming Dynasty, a prefect dares not to bird a second-grade general soldier.

Zu Dashou will not underestimate Fu Tianxi's official smallness, this Fu Zhifu is Chongzhen ten years (1637) Ding Chou Kedian tried to enter the gold list, gave Jinshi background, his same year is powerful, just after Fu Zhifu Jinshi is called Du Yinxi, ranked fourth in the cabinet five phases!

Plug Yinxi climbed so fast, invisibly became the help of the same year, Zu Dashou is an old military leader, sleek, naturally knows how to be a man, so the two civil and military complement each other.

The imperial court used Zu Dashou to preside over the military affairs in the north, using his stability, his old qualifications, to suppress the generals, and stabilize the place, but it was expected that he could lead the army out of the fortress, and he couldn't do it.

The two were patrolling along the city wall, and suddenly, they saw the pillars of smoke rising from the north, one after another, rushing towards Jizhou Town, they were like evil dragons with teeth and claws, weighing heavily on the hearts of the soldiers and civilians of Jizhou Town.

The Khalkha Mongols are in the Kou!

The alarm bell rang urgently, and the people fled to the city, discarding the supplies at hand, and running wildly, with only one thought: flee quickly, and it will be safe to escape into the city!

The smoke and dust rose up, and in the northwest of the state town, a team of Mongolian cavalry killed directly to Jizhou Town!