Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 70 Rural Organization
Baofeng was originally named Longxing County. During the reign of Emperor Huizong, it was renamed Baofeng by edict due to Ru porcelain official kilns and iron smelting fields.In the territory of Ruzhou, it is a place rich in resources and many products.The land between it and Jiaxian Jiaru River is fertile.

In the county office, Wang Xiaochun sat in the middle, looking at the people sitting on both sides, thinking silently.

Among the kiln workers who came, more than 2000 people volunteered to join the army, and the remaining more than [-] people were placed here.In addition to them, there are also family members of the army and family members of other officials, all of whom were gathered in this area.Here, it actually became Wang Xiaolie's base.

After pondering for a long time, Wang Xiaohun said: "Our family members, along with the kiln workers, all moved here. It can be said that the safety of this area will directly affect the military's morale. Our army must ensure the safety of this place."

Xie Linong Chashou: "Zhizhou, if there is no big city, how can we ensure the local security? Even if our entire army is here, there is nothing we can do."

Wang Xiaohun shook his head: "How can the army be here? Our army, we have to move to various places to pacify the surroundings of Ruzhou. If the army is stationed here, it will not be a village soldier? In the future, the defense of these places will depend on ourselves."

After hearing this, there was a lot of discussion immediately below.Is it not a joke to rely on the common people to defend themselves?

Wang Xiaohun raised his hands, signaling everyone not to speak.Said: "Do you think that you can't keep it on your own by the people?"

Seeing the crowd nodding, Wang Xiaohun said, "That's not the case. As long as the people are organized, if the attack may be insufficient, it can still be done to protect the land and the people. The most important thing is to get them to organize. We are all going to Baofeng County Government Office, that is to say this."

Having said that, Wang Xiaohun was silent for a while.He added: "In the days to come, we will set up a school in Baofeng County, and let the village leader and other relevant personnel come to the class to learn how to organize. To be honest, in such a short period of time, we have organized so many people and learned so much. Knowledge, some people will learn fast, some people will learn slowly, and some people will not learn at all. This is normal, and it is impossible for people to be exactly the same—”

Hearing this, someone below asked: "If you know the state officials, what if you can't learn?"

Wang Xiaohun said: "I said before, I'm not a harsh person. It's normal for someone to learn, and it doesn't matter. It's just another person to learn. I'm afraid that some people can't think about it if they change it. , cause trouble. So I made it clear in advance, you are prepared. "

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Wang Xiaohun sighed: "Actually, I don't need to worry about these. What I worry about is that the things I arranged must be done. If you can do it, everything is easy to say. If you can't do it, someone will take the responsibility. It's just - I'm worrying too much."

The crowd was silent, and no one spoke.After being around Wang Xiaohun for several months, everyone knew his style of doing things.Being kind now doesn't mean being soft-hearted when dealing with people later.There must be goals in doing things, rewards for over-completion, penalties for failure to complete, and rarely exceptions.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Wang Xiaohun smiled.Said: "This is my fault. I always like to say ugly words in the front, and it will inevitably make people unhappy. Originally, today is everyone's swearing, so we should be happy and motivated. When I say this, it makes everyone feel depressed. already."

Zhang Jun on the side said: "Zhizhou is too much. We all follow Zhizhou, we should do our best to do things, how dare we think about other things!"

Wang Xiaohun looked at Zhang Jun and nodded lightly.Since following him, Zhang Jun learns everything in the army, he can learn it in one go, and others are completely incomparable.With such impressive grades, his mood is naturally different from others.

After being silent for a while, Wang Xiaohun said: "Now let's talk about how to arrange the next steps and how to organize them in general. Now each village has fifty households and one village, and each village has its own village chief. Next, within a month, every Every village leader has to choose a deputy village leader, an archer, and an accountant—"

Someone below asked: "Zhizhou officials, what is accounting?"

Wang Xiaohun said: "It is to keep the accounts for the village. Since every village has public fields, public grains, and public affairs, the accounts must naturally be remembered clearly. This accountant is to keep accounts for the village. It has been recorded for several years, and this is where the name comes from.”

How could Wang Xiaolie know where the accountant came from, but there was such a position in the village in the previous life, so he copied it.After much deliberation, several positions in the village are indispensable.A village is the head of the village in his previous life.There is also an archer, who is actually a militia company commander in a previous life.Another is to remember.Without an accountant, the accounts would be unclear, and village affairs would be easily controlled by the village officials.

This set of reforms is actually to transfer the village system from the previous life and make appropriate changes.The most important thing is to use public land and private land, abolish the common landowners in the countryside before, and set up officials to directly manage the government.

In this era, people are not unfamiliar with this set.Wang Anshi reformed and implemented the Baojia system, and the management was much stricter than this.It's just that in the past, there were five-class households in the countryside, and most of the burden was legally placed on the upper-class households, and the upper-class households were transferred to the lower-class households.Now that the villages are divided, the fifth-class households have actually been eliminated, and the government has directly borne the burden of the officials.

Thirty percent is used as a tax, and each person has fifty workers a year. The burden on the village is not light.But it is much lighter than before.The most critical of these is the abolition of fifth-class households, turning the exploitation of lower-class households by upper-class households into a tax.There are fewer landowners in the countryside, while the government receives a lot more money.This extra money is the capital of Wang Xiaohun's reform.

It is not easy to carry out such reforms without the Jin army's southern invasion.No matter how small the family is, it is impossible to give up for a while.To build a new village, it is necessary to abandon the previous family business, which will inevitably be opposed.Now is not the same, the most important thing for everyone is to survive.As long as you survive, any reforms should be carried out.

In carrying out such reforms, the economic and political roles are secondary, and the most important is the organizational role.From top to bottom, organize all the people under the rule.As long as they are organized, they can protect themselves in the attack of the Jinbing.Only by protecting yourself can you support the army to fight.

What are the consequences of such a reform?Wang Xiaohun didn't know either.That is a future matter.The most important thing now is to make full use of human resources and strengthen our own strength.Anything that stands in the way of this will be swept away.

There were landowners in the countryside, how should we treat them?Just let it be.The newly built villages recruited military family members and homeless people.At this time, there is a lot of land in the world, and there is no need to compete with the landlord for the land.It is their ability that they can compete with these official villages.If there is no competition, there is still a way, and that is to bring money into the county and prefecture to engage in industry and commerce.

After listening to Wang Xiaohun explain his thoughts, everyone did not speak.It's not that I don't have an opinion, it's that I can't understand it for a while.

After everyone discussed for a while, Wang Xiaohun said again: "Nowadays, there are fifty households in a village, and the county cannot manage it. There must be townships under the county. The previous system does not matter now. Now ten villages have one township, and the township has a lizheng. Outside the lizheng, a patrol inspection and an accountant are set up. The lizheng is appointed by the county government, and people from the township cannot be hired. The village where the lizheng is located must build a wall and set up a granary. When the enemy invades, the whole township Everyone has to hide here."

After hearing this, Yang Shen on the side said anxiously: "Zhizhou, if this is the case, this township has become a village, which is not in line with the system of the imperial court."

Wang Xiaohun said: "At this time, officials don't know where to set foot, so why should we be bound by the system. In autumn, the Jin army may come south. Without the wall, how can the people deal with the Jin army? The wall, with Ding Zhuang from the inspection team, can be defended for a few days. In a few days, our army will be able to arrive. Jinren can’t grab anything from the south, so what are they doing here?”

After hearing this, several people on the side fell into deep thought.

What Wang Xiaohun said was right, if you can't grab anything, what is the golden man doing?At this time, the biggest appetite of the Jin people was to occupy the land north of the Yellow River in the Song Dynasty.The place south of the Yellow River is for robbery.

Yang Shen said, "If that's the case, the corvée in the countryside this winter will be building walls?"

Wang Xiaohun nodded: "For the rest of this year, there are three things to do. The first is to build a home for each family, so that they can withstand the severe cold of winter, and don't freeze to death. The second thing is Build a wall to ensure your own safety. Another thing is that each village organizes itself to reclaim wasteland. When the land is opened, don’t miss the spring ploughing next year. If these three things are done well, next year will be much easier for us.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Wang Xiaohun added: "It is precisely because these people must be arranged first, our army has not moved these days. In the past few days, the officials of the township and village have been arranged, and the villages have started to work, and we have to prepare for pacification. State border."

Shao Ling said: "I sent people to Niu Gao and Wang Jun a few days ago, but they haven't replied. I don't know what they thought."

Wang Xiaohun said: "No matter what they think, if they don't want to accept the order, then the army will attack. Wang Jun is in the umbrella mountain, and it is still very far away. We will advance to Lushan County. I heard people say that Niu Gao is a wise man. Those who advance and retreat will not fight to the end.”

Having said that, Wang Xiaohun shook his head.In his own memory, Niu Gao should be an anti-gold righteous man, and should not be against his own prefect appointed by the court.For so many days, there has been no reply, and I really don't know what he is thinking.If he were to fight against him, he had no choice but to enter the army to attack him. At that time, Wang Xiaohun would be a little undecided about how to deal with Niu Gao.

(End of this chapter)