Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

On October [-]th, while passing through Yunzhou, Shao Shude took a special look at the drills of the new recruits at the Yunzhou Academy.

The Yunzhou Institute was established late, but there are really many people.

At first, the Ziqing recruits trained by Zhu Quanzhong were used as the old base. After successively pulling away a batch of supplementary troops from various ministries of the Forbidden Army, another 4000 Xuzhou recruits came. Three as many as [-] people.

"Ziqing soldiers have trained so much longer than them, and they are not as good as Xuzhou new recruits." Although Shao Shude said it in a joking tone, the people under the pressure felt great.

"Have the rewards for the Double Ninth Festival been distributed?" he asked.

"Your Majesty, there are only two rewards a year for recruits during training, and the Chongyang Festival is not included." Wang Bian replied.

"Long Xiang and Tu Jiang Erlang both received the rewards of the Double Ninth Festival. How can one be more generous than the other. I am happy, and I will give you another reward. Well, the newcomers in Xuzhou are given a piece of money and a piece of silk, while the newcomers in Ziqing and Yunzhou only get a piece of money." Shao Shude instructed: "Don't worry about money."

"Follow the order." Wang Bian agreed happily.

He drove all the way here, of course he knew that the Confucian family in Qufu had sponsored [-] coins and [-] bolts of silk, which almost emptied the old foundation, and now the saints used the money to buy the morale of the army.

Sure enough, after the news spread, the sergeants sitting on the ground and resting bowed down one after another, shouting: "Long live my emperor!"

Shao Shude laughed out loud.

He likes to see the sergeants cheering for him, and he is happier than civilians and common people cheering, because he deeply knows what the source of his power is—the force that can overturn the table.

"You have to train well, and you will be able to serve in the imperial army in the future." Shao Shude said: "The whole army will be rewarded for one day."

"Long live my emperor, the Shaw family will last forever!" Driven by caring people, another burst of cheers sounded.

In the afternoon, Shao Shude met the elders of Yun and Qi states in the Yamen of Yunzhou Prefecture——Naturally, the ones he could meet were not ordinary "elders", to put it bluntly, they were just local gentry and local tyrants in Yunzhou.

"In the past, Zhu Quanzhong and the Wei people went south to Yunzhou, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil. Those who liberate the people from the upside down are the saints of the Great Xia."

"Your Majesty, the people of Yunzhou all want Daxia."

"Zhu Xuan can't do it, Zhu Wei can't do it either, but Shao Sheng treats the people kindly."

"Qizhou has been plagued by Zhu Qiong for so many years. When the soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty come, everyone sings and dances."

"Qizhou Erlang has gone north to teach Lu Yanwei a lesson."

The elders were all chattering, expressing their loyalty one after another.

Shao Shude comforted them one by one, and said with emotion: "In the past, Zhu Xuan sneaked into Yunzhou to confuse the scholars and people. The elders heard that one person from the family took the children and the villagers home. The team that Zhu Xuan pulled up collapsed in an instant. Since then, I know the hearts of the people of Yunzhou."

This is not fabricated by Shao Shude, it actually happened.Zhu Xuan has been defeated repeatedly, and no one wants to be with him.Yunzhou Ding Zhuang who is interested in joining the army might as well go to the Yunzhou Academy to try his luck and see if he can be selected. Why should he follow Zhu Xuan?

After the founding of the Great Xia, the world was amnesty, including the scattered soldiers.If they were willing to lay down their arms and stop being bandits, they could go home on the spot and forget the past, so the security of Yun, Yan, Qi, and Qingzhou was stabilized.

"Yun (Qi) Prefecture will always be Shao Sheng's Yunzhou. For one day when the Shao family is in power, I will wait for you to turn around and turn around, and I will never frown." At the end, everyone expressed their opinions in unison.

They only said to be loyal to Shao Sheng, maybe the descendants of the Shao family can also gain some loyalty.If the master of the world changes, whether to serve him or not is another matter.

Don't think that they are rebellious, it's the way of the world.

Because of Shao Shude's existence, under the forceful intervention, the "stress" of Wu Fu's ruling country, which would have taken 70 years to be completely released, has not been completely vented.The internal kinetic energy is still very strong, and the concept cannot be changed overnight.

"Yunzhou is also a famous city in ancient times, with strong martial arts and brave people." Shao Shude said: "If you have outstanding children in your clan, you can choose to send one or two, and I will hire you the most."

There are currently about 700 people in Yin'anzhi, and Shao Shude plans to recruit some newcomers to make up [-].

Obviously, one must have real kung fu to be able to enter the silver saddle straight, and proficiency in bowing and horse is a must.And the story that the brave young man in the country was appreciated by the emperor and bestowed with brocade robes, war horses, and swords will surely spread widely.

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This positive effect is also huge. It not only enhanced Shao Sheng's reputation, but also subtly influenced many people's thinking and acquisition of literary and martial arts, and it was good for the emperor's family.

On October 23, Shao Shude left Yunzhou and headed east to Qizhou.

Before leaving, he turned to the old battlefield in Lu County to have a look.

A few years ago, he used the navy to cut off the traffic on both sides of the river, and then smashed the Jin, Zhao, and Ding coalition forces across the river.

Today, the north bank of the river is still fighting, and the two prefectures of Bo and De have become the battlefield of the three families of Xia, Wei, and Cang.The two provinces of Henan and Huaihai tried their best to provide supplies for the army, and at the same time, they brought the people who could not bear the war to go south, and sent them to Zhili, Henan and Huaihai to reclaim wasteland and settle down.

Once upon a time, Henan, which had a net outflow of population, turned into a place of inflow.

Shao Sheng doesn't need to be modest, this is his credit, whether it is positive credit or "negative credit".

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On the first day of November, Shengjia arrived in Qizhou and stayed for a day.

At that time, a large number of captives were sent over from the north bank of the river, more than four thousand in total, half from Wei and half from Cang.

According to the system, these will be sent to Bianzhou to be responsible for the construction of the first-class national highway from Bianzhou to Zhongmou.

Using captives to do coolies has been the practice of all dynasties, and Shao Shude will naturally not be exempt from it.After the construction is completed, they can be resettled to the sparsely populated areas in the south, settled in the local prefectures and counties, and enriched their household registration.

Obviously, these warriors will not work honestly.These various construction sites have repeatedly clamored and rioted, and they are all present.But the guards are not good men and women. The state army military academy is all old soldiers who have retired from the battlefield. They kill people like hemp, so they will definitely not be used to them.It is really hard to say how many people will be left in the end.

On the tenth day of November, to Qingzhou.When it was snowing heavily, Shao Shude ordered to stay for three days.

On the [-]th, Shao Mianren, the sihu of Wendeng County, went to the Bohai Pavilion for a pilgrimage.

"Sanlang has grown up." Shao Shude looked at the third son standing in front of him, and said happily.

A 14-year-old boy with a tall stature and a graceful appearance-this old Shao thinks he has inherited it from himself.

What's even more rare is that after working in the county for a year, his temperament has also changed.It's hard to explain this feeling, but Shao Shude had been teaching Sanlang and Shiro by his side before, and he was very familiar with them. At this time, he called Shiro and Shao Guancheng over, and compared the two, he immediately saw the difference.

With a little more social air, he is no longer the appearance of the noble son who did not eat the fireworks of the world before.

"Officials, the King of Wei has worked tirelessly this year, traveling all over the mountains and rivers of Wendeng. He is diligent and approachable, and I congratulate His Majesty." The servant Gu Chengen said with a smile.

Shao Shude was noncommittal.Of course he can see all kinds of news reported by the people below, but he won't believe everything.

He has already ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and he controls a huge empire and complicated bureaucracy. I don't know how many people are watching his every move and trying to figure out his every word and deed.What you see may not be real, it may have been modified.

"Sanlang, the job as a household manager is not easy. What have you done this year?" Shao Shude asked.

"Returning to my lord, the affairs of the household are complicated, and almost everything has to be mixed." Shao Mianren said: "In the early spring, I assisted the county magistrate to persuade the sowing, and counted the number of acres of fields sown this spring. Households, measure their assets, classify their strengths, assess their grades, and assist in tax collection after the summer harvest is over. In the late autumn, sort out autumn taxes and transfer wealth. In the cold winter, the prefectures will practice drawing and submit the book to the county, State. There are widows and widows, orphans and poor..."

Shao Shude nodded frequently when he heard this—at this time, terms such as "Father Emperor" and "Children" with a strong sense of superiority and inferiority are not popular at this time. , Also called "Daddy".

"What is the class for private households?" Shao Shude asked.

"Designated as the ninth class."

"How?"

"Looking at his land property, the number of cattle and sheep, insects, frosts, droughts and floods, and annual harvest and consumption, he made a survey and made a book calendar. My son took a small history and toured all the villages, collected and checked them one by one, and then submitted them to the county. Order to decide in person. Ninth-class households have poor taxation, so they need to be cautious, carefully inspect and be careful (this chapter is not finished, click on the next page to continue)
Be cautious. "

The two tax laws are taxed according to property, so the level of households will be assessed according to the strength of their assets, and the tax rates are different.

Rich households are taxed heavily, poor households are taxed lightly, and some are even tax-free, such as the "three diseases" (disability, disabled disease, and serious disease), and a differentiated taxation policy is implemented.

Of course, the above is only in theory, and what it looks like in actual operation cannot be generalized.

"How many households are there in Wendeng County?"

"Five thousand 490 households."

"Are the people suffering?" Shao Shude asked again.

"Bitter." Shao Mianren sighed, and said: "The state soldiers went north to fight, and the people transferred food and grass, which cost a lot of money. In order to avoid the expenses, the county magistrate even went to the countryside to drink wine in winter. The people in the four counties of Dengzhou are now only Barely living."

"It's not easy to manage a county well." Shao Shude said, "After founding the country for your father, you became the king of Wei, but you are doing such a trivial job in the county as a household secretary. Do you feel awkward?"

"My son heard that parents love their sons, and they have far-reaching plans. By doing this, an adult is cultivating his son. My son has been in the county for a year, and I feel a lot of emotion, and I deeply feel the suffering of the people." Speaking of this, Shao Mianren pleaded guilty He said in a calm tone: "My lord rewarded me with a pair of hawks and dogs, but I have let them go. The war is endless, and the people's life can't get better, and I don't have the heart to hunt."

Shao Shude smiled.

Overall, I am satisfied. Saburo has been in the county for a year, and he has indeed done practical things. He has come into contact with and learned a lot of things that only people at the grassroots level will know.However, the young man was still too immature, and he acted a little too hard in front of his old father. Of course, this was a trivial matter.

"After the beginning of spring, pack your bags and go to Huang County." Shao Shude said.

"Of course." Shao Mianren replied immediately.

Like Wendeng, Huang County is also a county of Dengzhou, in the southwest of the state, close to Caizhou.

"The post of county lieutenant in Huangxian County has just been vacated?" Shao Shude asked.

"Yes." Chen Cheng replied.

Do you still need to ask?Huangxian Lieutenant drank alcohol all day long and failed to catch thieves. Didn't you personally order the dismissal of the sage?
"My son will be Captain Huang next year, do well." Shao Shude encouraged.

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