Chapter 53 VI. Innovation
After reaching a consensus in Ancadili, Li Tianhao, with the help of Wei Song, quickly introduced a series of measures.
The first is the removal of the surveillance of the clergy who serve the god Ra. Now that it has been decided to change the faith of the people in the new territory, there is no point in continuing to use a high-pressure posture against the servants of the gods, which can alleviate the discontent of a part of the population.
The second was to announce that all members of the Cathar who died in the Battle of Epsommiton would be given the highest courtesy for funeral, and that the Priest of Ancadiri would confer the honorary title of Knights of the Guardian Holy War, and that their relics would be sent to Palchi and handed over to their bereaved families. As for the cathars who remained in the area of Epsmilton and Napatis, although they were still allowed to continue to build the temple of Amun, they were also given high honors, and at the same time, their living conditions were greatly improved, and the children of the nobles among them were assigned to the missionary order as their assistants to participate in the missionary action.
In terms of the army, Li Tianhao also made major adjustments, originally each branch of the army was trained and commanded by specific generals, but now it has been changed to Muller is responsible for training cavalry, Brooks is responsible for training archery, Gurnus is responsible for training infantry, and Pokel is responsible for training crossbowmen. At the same time, a new class system was introduced, and it was necessary for each soldier to receive professional training in his own branch, and at the same time he must also receive at least one training in other arms, and if he was proficient in the combat techniques of the three arms, he could advance to the next level. In this way, in wartime, the operational deployment of various arms of the armed forces can be deployed in a timely manner according to the actual operational needs, so as to achieve the optimal allocation.
In addition, Li Tianhao also made some personnel changes. Müller assumed the post of cavalry general. With Alam and Palci Chikerda as his lieutenants, Alam became the youngest general in the army at the age of sixteen; Tatar was the commander of the Nubian mercenaries. Wode and Zukar were appointed lieutenants; Grunas became the general of the infantry, commanding an infantry unit consisting of the Yakhi Soldiers and the Tyresian Army. with Dara and Zaran as lieutenants; Due to the absence of the main general Senas, the mercenary group of Senas was temporarily led by Pokel; Hector commanded 20,000 Palci infantry, with Jimda as the lieutenant general as Li Tianhao's guard. Arram's giant apprentice, Agobar, succeeded Alam as the second captain of Li Tianhao's Praetorian Guard, with Katzsius as the vice-captain.
At the same time, a staff group was formally formed, with Wei Song as the chief of staff, Brooks as the second chief of staff, and Yamo as the chief of intelligence. Surprisingly, Li Tianhao also specially appointed two women, Elaine and Tia, to join the staff group together.
This appointment caused quite a stir among the senior generals. Elaine is a rough general. If it is more convincing to let her be a military general, Tia is more just a clerk, and it is somewhat surprising that she suddenly entered the highest military institution such as the staff group. Li Tianhao's explanation for this is that Tia showed good insight in the previous battle, so she was given a special promotion. And Yilian was forcibly pulled out because of the reduction of military command personnel, but Yilian does not know etiquette, and her rude behavior is also famous, if she is rashly sent to the army to be responsible for training, I am afraid it will have the opposite effect, it is better to temporarily place in the staff group. Let her fully understand the details of the various units, and it will be more effective to make appointments in wartime.
From then on, the formation of the Dils Army and the Palci Army began to gradually merge, although it was still nominally the Palci Army. But in fact, whether it is training or actual combat, they may be mixed with other units to fight, especially the mutual transfer of the middle command staff and his unit has become very ordinary, and Li Tianhao was able to transfer this team from the Parchians. Tyles, Nubians. The Arqui army slowly merged into a consolidated army under his command. To paraphrase Wei Song. It is a step to complete the warlordization.
Compared with these measures, Li Tianhao's most important measures were in the domestic affairs, with Wei Song as the supreme state minister, Bodeka as the finance minister, Lysius as the minister of agriculture, and Xie Wuda of the Li family business group as the minister of commerce, and began a series of political reforms.
One of the most important of these was the conversion of slaves into civilians in the new realm.
In view of his previous experience with the commonalization of slaves in the Diers, Weizon improved it. He specially selected a group of relatively outstanding industry elites from the Dils territory, responsible for training and strengthening all kinds of slaves with the ability to work in crafts, adopting the apprenticeship system, taught by these skilled elites, and formulated an official assessment system, the slaves belong to the apprenticeship stage before completing their studies, and the goods produced belong to the master, and the slaves who pass the official assessment can start their own businesses, and the official lends a sum of money as the capital, and then repays the loan in installments.
As for agricultural work, a group of farmers who were good at farming became the owners of the estate, and a large number of slaves engaged in agriculture were subordinate to him. In addition to being responsible for cultivating the area of farmland he or she owns, each manor must also teach and assist these agricultural slaves how to grow crops better and how to increase production. Of course, fifty percent of the crops produced in the land of these slaves in the first three years went to the lords of the estates, who had a surplus of forty percent in addition to paying ten percent of the taxes to the government. After a period of three years, the slaves' contributions to the lords of the manor would be reduced by 10 per cent of the crop, with a minimum of 20 per cent. In this way, if the owner of the estate can increase the total crop yield by 200 percent in ten years, his total income will not change as a result. Wei Song carefully investigated the local climate, hydrology, soil, farming techniques, and other aspects, and developed a set of methods to improve the production methods, as long as the lord of the manor could improve the production method in this way, it is not nonsense to increase the yield by 200 percent. In this way, not only can the slaves acquire the necessary life skills in a short period of time and become truly self-reliant farmers, but they can also provide these estate owners with great opportunities to get rich.
Due to the implementation of this measure, the slaves quickly accepted Li Tianhao's rule, and the original common class also vied to apply to become the owner of the manor, even if they could not meet the conditions, they were willing to accept the agricultural improvement law proposed by Wei Song, after all, under the premise of only charging eleven taxes, doubling the product means rapid prosperity, who would not be happy?
It was precisely because of the implementation of Wei Song's reform that the agriculture, commerce and craftsmanship in the territory controlled by Li Tianhao were able to rapidly improve within a few years, and the national strength also made a great leap. At the same time, a model was formed to quickly transform the newly occupied area into a prosperous new territory, and the emancipated slaves were quickly settled, so that the people of Yaki gradually changed from exclusion to welcoming Li Tianhao's rule, and also laid a solid foundation for Li Tianhao to gain a firm foothold in the land of Yaji.
Of course, these are all later stories, and they will be after the results of these reforms will be revealed. At that time, Li Tianhao's governance measures certainly aroused the support of many people, but everyone was still skeptical about its effect, and therefore, Li Tianhao had to run around all corners of the territory for a long time for the smooth progress of these policies. (To be continued......)