Chapter 125: Political affairs are nothing more than daily talk
(The second update, ask for a red ticket)
The council hall, together with the Ming Hall, where Lin Jian usually acts as an official in the East Ya, has an ear room and a quiet room for rest or secret talks.
The quiet room is separated from the council hall by a wall, and there is a dark window to communicate, which itself has the effect of peeking into the movement of the council hall.
Song Jia also linked the Changshan Island and Chongzhou boy cases with Lin Tie at the beginning of the month, and secretly felt that Lin Tie was really a good means.
In fact, after the Jiangdong Left Army was stationed in Chongzhou, even if the news of the Chongzhou boy case leaked and Xiao Taoyuan was alerted early, it would not make the situation difficult to manage, and even the scourge of Xiao Taoyuan and Ninghai Town Shuiying could be eliminated as soon as possible.
However, at that time, even if the people in this hall were grateful for Lin Lian's kindness in saving the boy, there would still be opposition and resentment against political actions that greatly damaged the interests of wealthy households, such as clearing public land and imposing rents.
Lin Jian first used thunderous means to forcibly push the investigation of Terada, Gongtian and other things. Although it aroused the monstrous resentment of the big families in Chongzhou, it forced these uneven resentment voices down with a huge military victory. At this time, the truth of the Chongzhou boy case was announced to the world and shown his favor to the public, everything he wanted to do was done, and at the same time, many hidden dangers were eliminated.
Those who hate and resent, and who have done bad behind their backs, are even ashamed and embarrassed, and even if there are individual complaints, they have become the target of public criticism, and they have not become a climate.
Song Jia and Xiaoman chuckled: "I see, no matter how bad anyone in the world is, they can't be worse than Lin Bin." ”
"I don't know how bad it is, but I haven't seen him suffer anyway." Xiao Man laughed, she covered her lips with her hand and yawned and asked, "Are you staying to eavesdrop, or are you going up the mountain?" ”
"You go up the mountain first, you have to sort out all this mess first." Song Jia said.
The luxury family is no different from an open rebellion at this time, and the news that Song Jia and luxury Mingyue stayed in Chongzhou will not have any impact if it leaks out, so Song Jia is also more free in Chongzhou. During this time, I also had the opportunity to come into contact with some relatively confidential documents, know some details of political affairs such as the inventory of Jitian and Gongtian, and the details of administrative affairs such as fines and levies, and also knew that the importance of doing these things to the Jiangdong Left Army was far more than just tuntian to supplement military funds.
On the desk of the quiet room, there is a first draft of "Compensation for the Wounded and Dead Military Merit" drafted by Lin Lian himself, and Song Jia can't help but read it, and even some details, Lin Jian also discussed with her.
In addition to the promotion of military positions, the Jiangdong Left Army rewarded war exploits and compensation for casualties, did not directly reward silver and money, and directly linked to the field system. The severely disabled and the war dead are compensated, and rations are also calculated, and those who have made war merits are also mainly exempted from family income or granted land......
Pension casualties and rewards for military merits are closely linked to the field system, which not only reduces the expenditure of silver money brought about by a large number of disability pensions and military merit rewards, but also can be used to fill the shortage of military funds obtained from the county department and the imperial court, and can also tie the soldiers and their families more closely to the land of Chongzhou.
As far as ordinary soldiers and their families from homeless households are concerned, they have the most direct thirst for land that can support their families, and the rewards and pensions for reducing and exempting land endowments and land allocation have more intuitive and exemplary significance.
Owning land can also directly improve the status of ordinary soldiers and their families in the township, which almost fundamentally reverses the disadvantages of the low social status of soldiers, and can motivate soldiers to fight bravely and reduce the occurrence of flight.
Why is the Jiangdong Left Army strong, probably only characters like Song Jia can also get a glimpse of it from these superficial but inclusive articles on the reward for the dead soldiers. However, if you want to govern the army and reward the army according to this, it means that the Jiangdong Left Army must have a large amount of land in its hands to reward military merits, and it is not difficult to understand why Lin Lian went to Chongzhou to suppress the monastery and check the public land so fiercely, and he was ready to move on the grassland of Hecheng.
When he was in Eastern Fujian, he only felt that Wenzhuang Gong was majestic and strategic, and he could regard the heroes of the world as nothing, suppressed by Li Zhuo, not limited by the congenital defects in the geography of Eastern Fujian; The more I know about Lin Bin, the more I feel that Lin Bin's talent is not under the luxury of Wenzhuang, and he has insight and vision that people at the time are far behind.
Xiaoman left first, and Song Jia was sorting out the papers, while listening to Lin Tie gossiping with everyone in the council hall across the wall.
"The Luo family has lived on the south bank of the Salt River for generations, and should try to transport the Salt River to the bitter side of 'nine floods in ten years'. At this time, gritted his teeth, squeezed some fields, squeezed some grain, dug the Salt River wider, dug deeper, spring and summer without its waterlogging, those thin-yield fields in the hands of the Luo family have all become high-quality fields of summer wheat and autumn rice, and Father Luo knows that the income is enough to make up for the loss," Lin Lian and everyone pulled the family routine, and said babblingly, "The river is dug wide and deep, and it is also convenient for the township to transport the abundant grain and cloth to expensive places to sell for profit." This thing is cheap where it is abundant, and expensive where it is scarce. Speaking of which, you don't know, the price of rice in Chongzhou, a liter of rice is only 40 yuan, very cheap, transported to Jinhai, it is 160 yuan, up four times, if you have the ability to transport it to Beijing, it is 800 yuan, an increase of 20 times, that is, Shandong, the price of grain is more than twice as expensive as Chongzhou; When it comes to cloth prices, Jingli is also seven or eight times more expensive than Chongzhou...... You have made a lot of sacrifices for the Jiangdong Left Army to gain a foothold in Chongzhou, and I remember them all in my heart. Therefore, I encourage you to buy ships to transport rice and cloth to the north to sell, because you are worried that the merchant travelers will be exploited by the government, and one trip down is not enough for the officials to solo. Don't worry, I will be your backing with the Jiangdong Left Army. Of course, the taxes that should be paid to the court and the government should not be evaded...... The imperial court and the government can't collect taxes, so what can they use to raise troops to fight the eastern captives and kill the thieves? ”
“…… Everyone has concerns about the permanent tenant, and I can understand that. After all, it is the land in everyone's hands, how can the tenants plant whatever they say, but the owner of the field can't be the master, and he can't even take back the land from the tenants? This is too unreasonable," Lin Jian said, "I think so, say it, everyone thinks the reason is wrong, please correct." In the eyes of the tenant farmer, if the field was to be taken away by the landlord at any time, it would be impossible for him to plant a season of grain for a season. The land is exhausted, and few people are willing to bother accumulating fat to raise the field, which is getting thinner and thinner the more you plant, and you can receive less and less land rent. If the land is not taken back by the landlord at will, and what is planted by the tenant farmers independently, then they are naturally willing to bother to accumulate fertilizer, hoping that the more abundant the land will be, the better the rent that everyone can receive, and the tenant farmers will also have a good harvest - the most fundamental question about the permanent tenant is whether everyone is more concerned about how much rent can be received each year, or is it more concerned about what is planted in the field every year, who will plant it, and how to plant it? ”
"When it comes to rent reduction, people may mumble in their hearts again," Lin Jian said, "Now the people in the north are in a lot of turmoil, and there are rogues everywhere, mainly because they are too bitter, and they have to eat with muddy feet." The rent reduction will make everyone suffer some losses, but it can fundamentally ensure that Chongzhou will not be chaotic, and it can also resist chaos abroad. Today, it is better for everyone to eat a few less meals of chicken and duck than to make a mess. Why can the soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army fight and dare to fight? They are actually no different from ordinary people, mainly because each of them knows very well in their hearts that even if they fight back the enemy, even if they die in battle, their families can still live a good life. If they retreat and let the enemy in, not only will they not be able to save their lives, but their families will be bullied by the enemy......"
"Of course, I'm talking to you about this today, and it's also a common thing. Everyone thinks what I said makes sense, you can try to do it, if you have concerns, you can see others do it first," Lin Jian said, "If it is really a good thing, there will be a good result, and it will not be too late for everyone to learn again......
"Enze, Qiao Zhong, and Qiao Guan, they are determined to abandon literature and join the army, so I will take them with me," Lin Jian said, "Everyone else, go home first to reunite with their families, and whatever way out in the future, they must obey the arrangements of their families: it is a good thing to continue to study hard to make a name for yourself, and it is also a good thing to inherit the ancestral business for the benefit of the place, or to abandon the pen and follow Rong, defend the family and defend the land, it is also a man's ambition, and it is a good thing...... I don't ask about any of this, but one thing remains the same, you all walked out of my Lin Binding Gate, then you are all my students, if you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me, and you must come to me......"
Song Jia didn't expect that Lin Jian was also a chatter, and he could talk about it all morning, and almost explained many things he did when he came to Chongzhou in simple terms, and explained all aspects to the family of the robbed boy who was most of Chongzhou's big households.
Song Jia was full of emotion when she heard this, thinking that those ministers and famous generals who live above the temple and regard themselves as talented and talented can govern the country and the army as well as Lin Tie, who can explain it so clearly to these big families in the township in such a nuanced way?
Of course, Song Jia also knew that Lin Jian was so scheming, in addition to resolving the grievances accumulated by all the things before, he also wanted to use many people in the hall to promote his political actions to the whole territory of Chongzhou County, and he was also inducing the big families in Chongzhou to buy ships to open up the sea supply trade route from Chongzhou to Jinhai.
Even if the civil unrest in Jinan is successfully suppressed, it is impossible to resume inland river transportation next year, and the Jinhai grain route is becoming more and more important.
At this time, the Jinhai grain road started from Huaikou, and the Jiangdong Left Army could not directly benefit from it in Chongzhou.
With the expansion of the rebel area, the Huai River will most likely be affected. In addition, in terms of geographical conditions, it is more suitable for grain to go to sea directly from the mouth of the river. In addition to defending against luxury families, the importance of Chongzhou on the Jinhai grain road will also be highlighted, which is also the main significance of Lin Tie's stubborn defense line in Shengsi.
At this time, it is more and more possible to see the subtleties of Lin Lian's original planning and mastering the Jinhai Grain Road with Tang Gu, the Great Yue Dynasty has almost half of his life tied to the Jinhai Grain Road, and those Qingliu scholars who sneer at the "swineherd" are really different from him.
At this time, someone sent a letter from outside, and Lin Tie opened it directly in the council hall, and did not hide it from everyone in the hall, and said: "Oh, the letter from the Governor's Mansion and the Jiangdong Military Department wants me to go to Jiangning immediately to discuss the matter. The situation in the south and north is urgent, since I received the text, I can't delay, for the luncheon, I will call Zhiyong, Chen Lei, Shuyi, and Shutang to accompany them......"
The situation was like this, Song Jia thought to herself that no matter how Yue Lengqiu looked at Lin Bin, he had to reuse Lin Bin, listening to the footsteps, he saw Lin Bind turning from the front, and got up to salute him.
Lin Jian waved his hand and said, "I'll leave for Jiangning immediately and ride over." If you don't mind revisiting the old place, you can take the luxury girl to Jiangning by boat with Jun Xun and them...... It's good to let the luxury girl go out for a walk, it's good for the body. ”
Horseback riding is hard, but it's faster than taking a boat up the river.
The situation in Chongzhou has been decided, but the situation in eastern Zhejiang and the north is very critical, and the main road is blocked, Jiangning is the southern capital, and the six departments are completely organized, so it is natural to play its due role, and the military exploits of the Jiangdong Left Army can even be checked by the Jiangning Military Department. Lin Jian also wanted to rush to Jiangning early, what is the benefit, it is better to be ahead than behind.