Dozens of miles west of Zaoyang City, there is an ancient city of the Han Dynasty. Because of the long passage of time, it has long been abandoned, and its origin is unknown. Du Zhongxiao's new camp Tianwu Yamen is here. It is located in the middle of Zaoyang County and Xiangzhou, near the Hushui River, with convenient transportation and sparse population.

On a sandy ground next to the muddy water, Du Zhongxiao looked at the more than 100 people standing in front of him, and said loudly: "You will settle here in the future." No matter where you come from, this will be your home from now on, and if nothing else, your children and grandchildren will live here. This place, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the camp field, must do its best and become an example for other places to camp the field. I'll tell you about the rough plan. This place is dozens of miles in circumference, and 2,000 households are arranged. A total of 120,000 acres of land, 50,000 acres of paddy fields, and 70,000 acres of dry land. As long as you work hard, you will not worry about being a well-off family. ”

The crowd cheered.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "The Xiang army that has moved here now is 1,500 households. The remaining 500 households, either local or foreign, were to be filled by the people. From now until next spring, we will do two things. The first is to build houses, renovate water channels and roads, and level the land. Not far away is an ancient Han Dynasty city that was previously cultivated and densely populated. Now the roads and canals are all abandoned, and they are rebuilt by the unified organization of the camp and field affairs. The planned fields must be leveled before they can be cultivated. If one year is not good, then the area will be divided and planted first, and then the next year will be done. The second thing is that, unlike Tangzhou, the population here is too sparse, and military cantonment is implemented. Tentatively, one out of five is to be used as a war army for teaching and reading. You are the ones who have been pumped out. You do your work, you train the army. ”

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "It's hard to say whether it's hard work or hard work." But there is one thing that I said is ahead, and those who are drawn out to serve as soldiers, the first one is that they must not be afraid of hardship. If you feel that you can't endure hardship, say it as soon as possible, so that someone else can do it. ”

After speaking, Du Zhongxiao said to Commander Wei, who was standing aside: "On the first day today, let's practice the army first." I have never led soldiers to fight, I am not familiar with military formations, and I don't know how to practice. Commander Wei, you take them with you as when we were harvesting the wheat, one in a row, one in a row, one in a row. Start with the simplest and walk. It is necessary to walk neatly, in horizontal rows, in strong columns, and not to be disordered. That's it for today, and it's for tomorrow. I have reported to the imperial court that I will send a few battle-hardened generals here, and they will settle affairs when they come. ”

Wei commanded the fork hand and promised. Du Zhongxiao left, and began to reorganize the troops.

Du Zhongxiao really doesn't know how to practice. He was not familiar with the military formations of this era, and the military formations of later generations were even less familiar, and the formations with muskets and artillery in the early days had no concept at all. I've seen it on movies and television, and I just watch the fights lively, or horizontal teams or phalanxes. Not to mention the issue of age, it is difficult to say whether what is shown on movies and television is right or not, and nine times out of ten it is wrong. The cold weapon was round in two formations, and with a shout of "whoosh", he rushed up with a sword and axe, holding a sword and axe, how could there be such a war in reality. Hot weapons are more complicated, and instead of believing in them, it is better to explore them yourself.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand military affairs, Du Zhongxiao went to the court and sent a few people who had fought and understood military affairs to practice with him. There are more than 100,000 troops who come to Yingtian, and they are drawn out according to Wuding, and there are also tens of thousands of troops, and there is no problem in setting up a few overseers under the jurisdiction of the capital.

Although I don't understand, the army must march neatly, and the stricter the army's appearance, the more effective it is, Du Zhongxiao still knows. Those who have gone to school have not participated in several military trainings will follow that one and will go first.

The historian dismounted and hurried into the house. I was in a hurry on the road, and I sat in the courtyard and drank a few bowls of tea.

Shi Daqing heard the movement, came out of it, and said to the historian: "Daddy, what's the matter with going to the county government this time?" Why are you so flustered? ”

The historian sighed, put the list in his hand on the stone table, and said: "This is a new list of words, let the county tell the people, everyone must know it." If the yamen does this, how will we live in the future? ”

Shi Daqing hurriedly picked up the list and took a rough look. It turned out to be a list of recruiting people for reclamation, saying that people from other places were not constrained by local and non-local people, and as long as they applied for recruitment in the fields, they could be allocated 50 acres of land per household. The government lends money to ploughing cattle and farm tools to help build houses, and pays off the principal and interest after harvesting.

The most important thing is the next few sentences, which require that the recruitment must be carried out by one family, and no one shall be hired or used as a helper.

The matter of Yingtian has long been decided, and the historian has discussed it several times with the local big households, and he has already made a plan. According to the past practice, the camp recruits people to cultivate, and most of them set aside land for people to point fingers at. In order to facilitate management, the plots of land allocated by the yamen are often larger, which is not suitable for one family, and is often a group of people. Or a large family, who hires people to cultivate the land after shooting it. The latter method, in particular, is the most popular among the yamen.

The reason for this is related to the management of the camp. The so-called finger shooting means that the government divides the places where the fields are to be camped into blocks one by one, and then lists the preferential conditions. Generally, it is tax-free for three years, what kind of farm tools to borrow, how many seeds, whether the cattle are raised by themselves or only used when the farm is busy, and how much interest is paid when the time comes. According to the example, each household chooses his favorite plot of land and concludes a contract with the government.

Not only is it difficult to manage a family, but the most troublesome thing is that there are always some, or even most, people who flee without a trace after the three-year tax exemption expires. When the fields were opened, they had just been planted for three years, and then they were abandoned again. Let the big households point fingers, give them preferential conditions, let them hire people to farm, and manage better. Three years have come, and the monk can't run the temple.

This is similar to later generations, in order to attract enterprises, local governments often give a variety of preferential conditions. Some enterprises take advantage of the loopholes, open factories in one place, close the door immediately when the preferential period expires, and start again in another place, and continue to enjoy preferential policies.

According to past experience, several large households in Zaoyang have negotiated and decided to divide the land in this county into boundaries and divide it into several large households. The land plots within the scope of his own home were directed by this big family and hired people to open up the wasteland. In this way, he not only enjoyed the preferential treatment of the yamen, but also recruited people to open up land for his family. The yamen collected more grain, and the big families expanded their land assets, giving them the best of both worlds.

Unexpectedly, the camp and field affairs committee will apply for recruitment on a family-by-household basis, and large households are not allowed to participate at all.

What a shrewd person outside the historian can know at a glance how powerful this list is. In this way, not only the big households can't take advantage, but even their own bankers are also retained. Unlike tenants, the bankers rely on the landlords and have no means of production at all. It is impossible to get half of the harvest after paying taxes when cultivating the land, and it is necessary to work as a slave in the landlord's house and do all kinds of work.

Without a banker, how can a big family become a big one? You have so much land in your name, and if no one plants it, there will be no harvest, what is the use? There is more than that, there is a land tax, and the two taxes must be less. The more land there is, the higher the household level, and the heavier the burden. One pull and one squeeze, or all the big rural households in Zaoyang will go bankrupt in two years.

The historian was frightened by this article, came out of the county office, and galloped all the way back home.

After reading the list text, Shi Daqing said to the historian: "Daddy, what does the yamen's list mean?" If we only let one household surrender it, we will not be able to point to the land of the camp. The previous agreement of several families, the surrounding ten miles is my family's, won't it become a bubble? ”

The historian stomped his foot: "Idiot, you still want to occupy more than ten miles of land around, and now you can keep your family's land, thank God!" This list was spread out, and the villagers knew about it, and they didn't drag their children and daughters to the camp to do business! and to the implements of the farm, and to the seeds, and to give them the land: why should they be slaves in our house? ”