Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1281 Huangzhuang
The second day of February, the Spring Society Festival.

The queen arrived in Bianzhou in a car, and all the main officials of Henan Province from the governor Feng Wei went out of the city for several miles to meet them.

Zhongye, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is supervising the construction of Huangzhuang near the old city of Daliang.

Huangzhuang, named Shahai, is twelve miles northwest of the old city of Daliang, about forty miles away from Bianzhou.

Shahai was the place where the monarchs and ministers of Wei State gathered to discuss major issues during the Warring States Period.It was originally a swamp with rich water and grass, but it dried up later. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty injected water from Bian to train the navy to prepare for the attack on Chen.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was almost dry, leaving only some water at the bottom of the lake, and a grassland with a radius of more than ten miles was formed around it.

This pasture and wetland belong to the boundary of Junyi County, Bianzhou, and are now under the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build Huangzhuang.

As soon as the news came out, many officials, wealthy families, and powerful people in Henan Province were somewhat disappointed.

Although the sand sea has dried up, the land is still quite good.Don't look at the "sand" in the name. In fact, the soil in most areas is very humid. It's just that in a few times of the year, due to lack of care, some wind and sand are blown up.Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty could divert water into it to form a lake that could train sailors, so of course they could.

Don't think about anything now, once the Ministry of Internal Affairs intervenes, this is the property of the Shao family, and if you think about it again, you will be courting death.

"Yes." Zhuang Zheng replied.

Under Du Yuhou, there are several members of Yuhou, who are at the top of the eighth rank-the number of personnel is uncertain and can increase or decrease at any time.

Needless to say, the bravery of martial arts students.In the Battle of Feishui back then, Zhu Yanshou fought more with fewer hits, and Zhu Yanshou's painstakingly trained team was defeated. Many martial arts students and generals were killed on the spot, and all the wounds were on the front, and none of them escaped.

In addition to the Tianxiong Army, there are more or less martial arts students and officers in each army.

"Learn the knowledge of battle formation at such a young age." Chu Zhongye sighed slightly: "Ten years later, they will all be excellent soldiers."

But Chu Zhongye did not regret it.He knew very well how his family's wealth came from, and even he, the county magistrate, gave it away as a phone bill—no, his daughter and grandchildren helped him earn it.

Of course there will be education in Huangzhuang.Teachers are readily available, and it is enough to let the prefectural and county economics students take turns to attend classes.

Chu Zhongye was startled suddenly, and subconsciously thought it was on the battlefield.

"Zhou Yuhou trains the children well. The sage is generous and benevolent, and he will be rewarded for his merits. The old man can see what you do." Chu Zhongye said: "I have to go to Fengze."

"Not all." Zhou Zhiyu replied: "Young people are weak and weak, so they can't do heavy work for a long time, and they can't practice equipment for a long time. Today I will teach them to recognize the golden drum flag."

"Zhou Yuhou." Chu Zhongye returned a salute and asked, "Are you here to train your son?"

A group of half-grown teenagers were sweating profusely, wielding shovels and picks, working hard.

Like the Camp and Land Administration, the Yuhou Division is also a first-level administrative agency under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Chu Fu Cheng." Several people came from a distance, the first one bowed and saluted.

"Zhou Zhiyu, the Marquis of Yu of the House of Internal Affairs, see the Prime Minister." Zhou Zhiyu saluted again.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a completely different institution. Although there is a theory of official rank, once you enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it will be difficult for you to enter other departments. Unless you become a government supervisor, young supervisors are enough.

Many generals are often unable to withstand the attacks of these rebel soldiers.For example, Wang Chongrong, the Jiedu envoy in the middle of the river, his personal guards failed to stop the rebel army, resulting in his death.In fact, the time for the rebellious army to attack the guards was not short. If an army came to help at this time, the situation could be completely reversed, but unfortunately not.

It was only then that Chu Zhongye remembered that this Zhou Zhiyu was once a small school under Li Siben's account, who surrendered with the general, and after some twists and turns, he was actually sent to the House of Internal Affairs.

The sources of Huangzhuang households are mainly war prisoners and orphans.Like Shahai Huangzhuang, the first batch of 112 teenagers were orphaned teenagers who were recruited and allowed to settle in Huangzhuang. At the beginning, they were raised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs with food until they could support themselves.

Chu Zhongye brought a few descendants of the Chu family's distant clan to the side of the ditch that was being dug, pointing.

This is a welfare treatment that is difficult for children in ordinary counties, townships, and villages to enjoy.And the reason is also high-sounding, turning barbarians into Xia, being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

When these children grow up, they will be the same as the military student officers and Liugong servants in the Forbidden Army. Relatively speaking, they are very good in terms of loyalty.

This is military education, which is a bit like martial arts.

"The Prime Minister of the Chufu can do as he pleases," Zhou Zhiyu said.

"Dangdangdang——" the sound of the strike sounded.

Minors are the most malleable, they are what you teach them.

Zhou Zhiyu is smart and knows that this is a check and balance.

If nothing else, these 112 teenagers will be 112 households in the future.In the future, there will be 188 households of boys and girls coming to settle down, and their sources already exist—the king of Qin in the middle of Shu came to report, and Li Maozhen was helped by Manliao village community and tribal yin to defeat them and capture several Dingkou.

Chu Zhongye used to be very puzzled, can he earn income like this?It wasn't until Zhao Zhi, the young supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to inspect and talked with him, that he realized that the saint didn't expect Huangzhuang to make money for him at all.

He didn't have a Jinshi degree, and his status was still a local tyrant, and his ability was just that. Apart from being more loyal to the saint, he was really useless.Then it would be no loss to enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and there would be no future in the serious officialdom anyway.

In fact, the ten-year tax-free period is quite long, mainly because the farmers are generally young and have limited or no production capacity in the short term.

There are more and more martial arts student associations, this is a process of accumulation, because there are graduates every year, and new martial arts schools are often opened.The more time goes by, the larger the group of martial arts students, Shao Shude likes to make this kind of investment like "friends of time".

"Why are they all men?" Chu Zhongye said dissatisfied.

Zhou Zhiyu said: "I was originally a descendant. Before I surrendered, I still relied on my bravery, thinking that the world is so big that I can go anywhere. Now I have surrendered for more than a year, so I know that I was really watching the sky from the well before."

He agreed with Chu Zhongye's point of view.Take Shahai Huangzhuang as an example. After ten years, three hundred young people from households will grow up.Even if three households produce one Ding, an army of one hundred people can be formed.The ability of these 100 people is actually stronger than that of ordinary Tutuan villagers, much stronger.

"Where did the boy here come from?" Chu Zhongye asked.

"A total of 112 people, including those from Dongyue and Qier Prefectures in Han Dynasty, those from Cangjing, Lulong, and Yiding Towns in Hebei, and grassland captives. The youngest is ten years old, and the oldest is sixteen or seventeen." Sha Haihuang Zhuangzhuang replied.

At the same time, Zhou Zhiyu learned that the sage also had an army of guards formed by the slaves of the Five Palaces, whose equipment was not weaker than that of the Forbidden Army.The only flaw is probably that he has poor combat experience, and he is not a professional warrior, so his real combat effectiveness can only be comparable to that of the state army.

Most warriors rebelled, but it was impossible for everyone to rebel.It is often a small group of people who pick things up and coerce some people, while most of the soldiers sit on the sidelines, help no one, and wait for the result.

When the teenagers heard the sound of the gong, they immediately stopped their movements, divided the fire, assembled the team, and stood on the grass.

After Wang Chongrong's death, his brother Chongying killed the rebel army and became Jiedushi, because most of the Hezhong soldiers did not participate in the rebellion, but just watched from the sidelines.

However, the people in Huangzhuang are a bit like the "righteous sons" of saints. Combined with the guards and the army, they should be very useful in saving lives.The saint may not need it, but the new emperor still needs it.

The former chief said the order, and he was at the seventh rank.The latter's chief is called Marquis of Du Yu, and he is on the seventh rank.

Zhou Zhiyu smiled, isn't the bodyguard army equivalent to the backyard army and back building army set up by Jiedu envoys, and it may not be reliable after a long time.But considering that they were born in the grasslands, the rebels in that place have always been the nobles, and there are really few big-headed soldiers who are rebellious, and they are more slavish, so they should be more reliable.

Considering that the students are obliged to attend classes, and their sense of responsibility is mostly not good, these Huangzhuang children and teenagers will probably not achieve much in their studies.But the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not pursue this at all, and young people don't need to learn much, just a rough knowledge of writing and ink.

He knew the news that the queen had arrived in Bianzhou in the morning.For Zheshi, he had mixed feelings, he didn't dare to offend, and he didn't dare to get close to him, so he simply kept him at a respectful distance. Anyway, he was a prime minister from Liupin Mansion, so he was not qualified to go to Bianzhou for an audience.

Shao Shude has been teaching martial arts for many years and has trained countless students.The Tianxiong Army is a completely martial arts team. Except for the officers who are promoted to the ranks because of their own bravery, the rest of the ranks, down to the captain and deputy, to the top ten generals, commanders, and Yuhou, are almost all martial arts students. .

If the imperial court organizes them into an army and fights some more battles, their combat effectiveness will not be bad.The most important thing is that there is no problem with loyalty, so you can use it with confidence.

Chu Zhongye was originally the magistrate of Dengfeng County. Because his daughter Chu was favored by the saints, he was transferred to the House of Internal Affairs and became one of the big and small housekeepers of the royal family.

There are so many economics students, and if they come in turn, each person will not take up much time, and they don’t even need to pay for it—state and county economics students, state economics students range from 40 to 80 (divided into upper, middle and lower states), and county economics students each have 20 - 40 people, each of them can receive some subsidies every month, the former is [-] yuan, and the latter is [-] yuan.

Shahai Huangzhuang has a large area. Based on the [-] mu of land given to one household, five to six hundred households can be resettled.Taking into account the need to set aside some public land, as well as swamps and sandy land that are not suitable for farming, it is impossible to resettle [-] households.

Otherwise, even if you are the founder of the Great Xia Forbidden Army, it would be impossible to keep them in chaos like this.

"Young Superintendent Zhao has already intervened in this matter." Zhuang Zheng was sweating profusely, and said, "Peking Mansion will send a group of girls over in the near future, most of whom are prisoners of Yingzhou."

"You are..." Chu Zhongye asked Chi Chi when he saw this man with his helmet on and his armor on, dressed like a warrior.

Today, I have a lot of ideas.

"Not bad." Chu Zhongye nodded and said, "Huangzhuang will be repaid for ten years. After these ten years, taxes will be imposed. Don't be careless."

It's better to concentrate on taking care of the royal family!

Fengze is twenty miles south of the old city of Daliang, and extends southward to the northern suburbs of Weishi County, sixty to seventy miles long.

In the former Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Pengchi, and Tianbaozhong was renamed Fuyuanchi. Fishing and harvesting is prohibited, and it is one of the forbidden places of the royal family.

After the founding of Daxia, it was changed back to the ancient name of Fengze, and the surrounding land was assigned to Sinong Temple, and now it is given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Huangzhuang will be built soon. This is the only three Huangzhuang in Bianzhou. one.

The scale of Fengze is much larger than that of Shahai, so it's busy.

(End of this chapter)