Delong

Chapter 375: The Four Fields (9)

In mid-autumn, the autumn wind sweeps across the fields, clearing thousands of miles away.

Today was the half-tenth regular holiday, Zhang Xing, the leader of the Dragon Clan, went to the open-air market outside the city, found a noodle stall, and specially came to eat a bowl of noodles.

There is nothing to say, although there are more than a dozen big bosses, bosses, and more than a dozen staff officers in Hulala, occupying the entire noodle stall, but it is really a bowl of noodles.

It must be known that millet is commonly planted in the areas led by the Dragon Gang, but in the replanting stage after the war, wheat is still the first choice in Hebei, especially Qinghe County, which is mixed with quite a lot of wheat.After the autumn harvest, compared with the millet that can be stored for five to ten years, or even ten or twenty years regardless of the taste, the storage time of wheat is too long. In this case, fresh wheat is ground The new noodles, don't eat for nothing.

In fact, before the autumn tax, Chief Zhang swept the warehouse again and sent a special sum of money as an autumn subsidy, mainly for grassroots troops and grassroots officials, so that they can eat two more bowls of noodles and bake a piece of cake .

Therefore, people who came out of Jiangling City and other military camps to eat noodles and cakes were everywhere, and the whole city was filled with the smell of wheat.

"The people below said at the beginning that it was my idea and Lao Xie's idea to eat noodles." Chen Bin held the noodle bowl with a bad complexion.

"How?" Zhang Xing, who had already moved his chopsticks, couldn't help being curious. "Didn't I ask everyone to eat noodles together?"

"It is said that although the habit of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival has already existed, it is not so popular. At least it has not been spread out in Hebei. Therefore, the incident of eating noodles this time is probably caused by me and Lao Xie, who are from Jiangnan. It's customary over there." Chen Bin replied with a dark face.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, becoming more and more confused. "The two of you proposed to give them a holiday, reward money, and eat noodles. This is a great thing. Isn't it because the people below respect you two that you owe it to you? Why are you so black?"

"That's what it means." Xie Minghe, who had already eaten half a bowl, laughed beside him. "So after someone reminded that this was a good thing, someone immediately refuted the rumor, saying that Jiangnan people don't eat noodles, but only rice.

Zhang Xing laughed so hard that he almost spit out his face, and a group of big bosses around him seemed to laugh too, but there were also people who were visibly embarrassed.

"Why did you blame this on you in the first place?" Zhang Sanlang always likes to release his curiosity in some strange directions. "What is the charge for such a good thing?"

"It's a waste of money and food." Xie Minghe spread his hands and said. "Empty the warehouse."

Zhang Xing was stunned, but shook his head again: "When did we live a relaxed life?"

This is true, ten counties and one prefecture supported nearly [-] battalions, or [-] troops, plus the lightly burdened field soldiers, it can basically be regarded as [-] troops per county. However, under the condition of emphasizing the fairness of taxation, it can be said that it is hard enough to maintain this army and the administrative system of the previous Great Wei.

"That's the problem." Xie Minghe still laughed jokingly. "It's just that I can't live a relaxed life. After a year of stability in the ten counties and one state, I can save money, but I encountered two Jiangnan thieves who swept out the warehouses in Hebei."

Zhang Xing kept shaking his head. Thinking of the recent disputes, he already guessed who was here to spread rumors repeatedly against Chen Xie and the two, but he just picked up his chopsticks and announced seriously: "Eating noodles outside today is not as good as eating in the corridor, talking about military affairs. Yes, but it’s just a general talk, any inappropriate and serious things, I’ll only talk about it on the stage tomorrow... and the previous thing, I’ll make my own decision tomorrow, so there’s no need to talk about it.”

Chen and Xie nodded immediately, and then went to eat new noodles, but the obviously disturbed people in the audience were not at ease because of this sentence, because the rumor seemed too targeted and too inferior at this time, especially This repeated process is even more comical, so in any case, Chen, Xie and others have caught the handle, and this incident is destined to implicate them and affect the recent serious disputes.

That's right, recently, due to the affairs of Daijun and Hengshan Liangjun rebels, a dispute suddenly broke out here in Hebei Xingtai of the Dragon Gang.

Here in Jiangling, the two heavyweight leaders from Hebei Province, that is, Xiong Bonan and Dou Lide, thought that the rebels from the two counties should be accepted, because after all, everyone was a rebel, they were all against Wei, and they took the initiative to join forces. And there is no reason to refuse to accept it.

But some people really thought it should be rejected, and Chen Bin and Xie Minghe objected.

There are also three reasons.

First of all, it is far away, with Xiangguo and Zhao Jun to the west and Xindu and Boling to the east, so it cannot be effectively controlled.

Secondly, the two families are dishonest and of poor quality.

The two people surnamed Gao in Daijun could still get away with the fact that it happened suddenly, but that Hengshan mountain cleaving knife, if you really want to take refuge, at least you can send someone over first, but what does it mean to cut first and then play?
Combining with the first article, to put it bluntly, it is mostly borrowing tiger skins, wanting to prostitute for nothing to dethrone the reputation of the Dragon Gang in Hebei.

In fact, according to the unorganized and undisciplined style of the typical rebel army, it is instead to dethrone the Dragon Gang and be implicated by them, throwing away the accumulated popular support and prestige.

Third, it is also the most embarrassing. Once they are accepted, coupled with the Jinbei Wave Breaking Knife forces who have repeatedly communicated with envoys to narrate their origins and express their intention to serve, those two knives plus two surnames Gao will easily be dethroned. Under the banner of the Dragon Gang, they will be united together, which will directly threaten the foundation of Taiyuan Bai Hengqiu and Youzhou Army. The two families will inevitably send troops, and they will send troops on a large scale.

Then the question arises, should the Dragon Gang carry out armed rescue of their enclave, which is actually very important to Hebei's strategy?

Once saved, it’s not just a fight with the two big forces of Taiyuan and Youzhou. Xue Changxiong can’t bear the fact that your army of [-] to [-] went north together. At that time, it might be that the three families interfered to depose the Dragon Gang and return Hengshan, Daijun or even Shanxi is in the north.

And it's still the same sentence, once saved, how will the food be counted? !

Therefore, Xie Minghe suggested ignoring and pretending to be deaf and dumb, and Chen Bin even suggested directly denying it publicly.

Two against two, this matter is nothing more than this. Chief Zhang routinely looks forward and backward and has a close relationship.

However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the controversy suddenly became fierce and rapidly expanded.

Dou Lide's garrison army system and other leaders from the Hebei Rebel Army followed suit. On the other hand, there were also many supporters behind Chen and Xie. No matter, there was a lot of trouble for a while.Not to mention, the three prefects in Hebei and almost the entire local administrative system in Hebei also submitted documents, publicly supporting Chen and Xie, and in turn overpowering each other... At this time, many people were born in Hebei but in The leader of Henan Bian's gang was obviously because of Xiong Bonan, so they all simply wrote a document and sent it to support the acceptance of the rebel army.

Both sides were a little caught off guard. The big bosses above were okay, but the people below quickly rose to the point of personal attacks.

Now this rumor... You don't even need to think about who is talking about it.

In the Hebei Rebel Army, there are even people like Liu Heimei, let alone people with vulgar methods.

"Chief, I really have something to ask right now." After eating a bowl of noodles, Ma Wei, in charge of the staff, suddenly broke the silence after eating a bowl of noodles. Scholars in the strategic direction insisted not to get involved before, but now it seems that because there is no wine, they are a little displeased with the bowl of noodles they just finished eating, so they open their mouths.

"Say." Zhang Xing, who also used a bowl of noodles, obviously didn't care, and even asked the noodle stall owner to add noodles and soup.

"Is our current military system a military system or a recruiting system?" Unexpectedly, Ma Wei actually asked a professional question within his own scope of responsibility. "Why can't I understand?"

"Good question." It was rare for Zhang Xing to raise his interest from the noodle bowl, and the others also became slightly curious. Xu Shiying, who had been eating noodles in a muffled voice, also raised his head. "First of all, the root cause is the government military system... There is no way to do this, because at the beginning of the uprising, the army was led by the children of rich families from all over the country to form an army. The root of the typical government military system is here. As long as the land is granted by equalization, the sergeants come from farmers, and the family still has land as a sergeant, and the land is awarded for military merits, then it is the military system of the government. It has nothing to do with whether there is a general Yingyanglang. , including our current system where a leader is in charge of a battalion, and we haven’t broken out of this fundamental pattern... In fact, since the Great Zhou Dynasty, the whole world has been governed by the military system, and no one can abruptly stand out from the system that is popular all over the world .”

"But it was changed later." Ma Wei seriously reminded. "We have reorganized the army several times before and after, and we will soon reorganize the army from the level of officers and practitioners... Why do we have to keep changing the military system?"

"I'm not the only one who changed it. I only said that the saint in Jiangdu, the Guanlong mansion is the most powerful soldier in the world. Why did he set up the fifth army? The upper five armies are all dead, why did he immediately recruit new soldiers from the eastern capital?" Zhang Xing asked with a smile while holding the bowl. "He changed bigger than us, right?"

The people around finally got serious when they heard this, and they talked a lot.

Chen Bin simply raised his head and gave the answer: "I'm afraid of rebellion."

"That's what it means." Zhang Xing obviously ate his second bowl of noodles very slowly. "The Fubing system has its advantages. For example, it is easy to gather forces. The Western Wei Dynasty also destroyed the Eastern Qi and swallowed the Southern Chen. But on the other hand, the Fubing system also has a huge disadvantage that cannot be avoided. It is very easy for a local handsome military leader who controls a certain local army to rebel... Even if he does not rebel, the army, as the foundation of the imperial court and the country, is forced to be in the hands of different people according to the region, and these people will actually be in the hands of the government and the law. Form power from above, demand endlessly."

It can't be blamed that some people have been sensitive, it's just that Chief Zhang's words are straightforward.

"So we have to change as much as possible, let the troops rest in rotation, try to be out of production as much as possible, and also break up the source of the troops, reorganize, and try to improve the salary as much as possible. Send out some regular money and property in exchange for military merits. Naturally, it will be like a recruiting system." Ma Ma Surrounded like a sudden. "The chief is well-intentioned."

"Of course I have good intentions. If I don't do this, believe it or not, it's not just one Li Wenbai who defected, there are probably a dozen rebels." Zhang Xing said helplessly. "It's better to try to prevent from the system than to measure people's hearts with loopholes."

"If that's the case, I'm puzzled." At this moment, Xu Shiying said suddenly. "Chief, what you mean seems to be saying that the system of equalizing land granting land is the government army system, and then in order to prevent rebellion, it is always necessary to reform the system of recruiting soldiers. Doesn't it mean that the system of equalizing land granting land is naturally not suitable for centralization? But you seem to be in your administrative document When discussing the changes in the system since Emperor Baidi, he also said that the land granting system is an inevitable system formed in the Great Zhou Dynasty after summarizing the lessons learned from the annexation of land by large clans in the Tang Dynasty. Once the system is formed, it will naturally promote the centralization of power. This is progress, and we have to continue to use it...why do you feel contradictory?"

Look, this is a good student.

"First of all, the equalization of land and the granting of land is the government military system. It refers to the process of recruiting soldiers from peasant households under the land granting system in order to mobilize combat forces as much as possible. Zhang Xing was full of energy, and raised his voice seriously... discussing politics. "And it is said that equalizing land and granting land is naturally conducive to centralization. It is from the perspective of finance, economy and internal affairs. Powerful and powerful families can no longer annex land unscrupulously. The money, silk and food produced in the whole world are all included in one. Naturally, it is centralization... Look at the Great Wei. You know, isn’t it strong? And the system has a tradition, as long as it continues like this, it will become more and more centralized in the center.”

Everyone reacted differently. Some people obviously didn't understand and just nodded in agreement. Some people obviously thought deeply and seemed to understand a little bit. Some people frowned, as if they felt something was wrong. Zhang Xing just took the opportunity to lower his head and eat noodles.

"I understand the truth, but there is still a big problem." Xu Shiying earnestly asked for advice. "Chairman... have you ever thought about the collapse of the Great Tang Dynasty after the aristocratic tyrants merged with each other, although the system of equalization and granting of land gradually formed, but it has never been truly unified? Even the Great Wei, it only maintained the world's eight or nine. Land for 20 years, and then end up like this... Then how do you know that the world can still be unified? I believe in your words and principles, but is there a possibility that instead of equalizing the land and granting the land, let the mergers be allowed, the world will be unified It collapsed like the Tang Dynasty, and it was difficult to build a decent imperial court because the military system could not control the army and people's hearts. Natural centralization of power, making the money and grain of the world unified, and making the emperor domineering and unscrupulous, like the violent Wei, and collapsed in the second generation?"

"Are you back to the question about people's hearts that day?" Zhang Xingjing finished listening, and asked with a noodle bowl in his hand.

"That's what it means." Xu Shiying nodded. "But it's not the same thing. Back then when people were arguing about people's ups and downs, it was the chief and I who argued from the heart, talking about personal aspirations and morality. I came to ask today to put aside these falsehoods and ask seriously. Why can I be sure? The situation in the world will have a good result in the future, instead of a catastrophe? Is there any real evidence?"

"Yes." At this moment, another person who finished eating the noodles quietly spoke, but it turned out to be Cui Suchen, who was in charge of confidential documents. "I don't know about other places, but Fadu has been improving for hundreds of years, and other aspects are probably similar..."

Everyone looked at it in surprise, and then looked at each other in blank dismay.

Zhang Xing took the opportunity to grab the last few mouthfuls of noodles in the bowl.

Xu Shiying chuckled lightly: "Why didn't I see that Fadu is getting better?"

Cui Suchen wanted to explain.

Xu Shiying immediately reacted, and quickly waved his hands: "Your Excellency is a full-time legal officer, so you can naturally point to the provisions and say one, two, three, four. Anyway, I don't understand, and it's up to you to decide. Therefore, I just ask one question, and Cui is in charge. Can you prove it simply and directly, saying that the new law that we are now implementing will definitely be better than the previous one?"

"Yes, and it's very simple, because the laws are classified and divided." Cui Suchen explained seriously.

Zhang Xing was slightly taken aback, but immediately clapped his hands.

"What do you mean?" Xu Shiying glanced at Chief Zhang, and hurriedly asked seriously.

"It's very simple." Cui Suchen continued to answer seriously. "As far as the law is concerned, it was actually divided into three before. The laws of the Eastern Qi Dynasty are the best, but they are not well implemented, and most of them follow the Da Zhou. Some clauses are inexplicable, and I don't know what to do; and The laws of Wei Dynasty are the strictest, but they are too rough and often have loopholes; the laws of Nanchen are the oldest, and the implementation is also the worst, but they just retain the origin process of many laws, let us know What is the reason for the enactment of a certain law...Now we combine the three families into one, learn from each other's strengths, select the best and eliminate the weak, and then implement it seriously. As long as we do it seriously, we will definitely be stronger than the laws of the three families."

Xu Shiying was stunned for a while, but couldn't argue.

"Well said." Zhang Xing also finally interjected. "It's not just the law, but everything else. According to me, things in this world are roughly like this. The shortest time is the number of years after the Tang Dynasty. The incompleteness cannot be continued for hundreds of years, and the farthest number is the number after the Baidi Lord. Can't be completely unified, the system is complicated, and everything is repeated, but it is always moving forward, and it is constantly accumulating strength... Originally, Da Wei could really work hard to achieve some big situations, but Maybe the real time has not come, or maybe the two emperors reaped the fruit, and the result is that we have given us all the great opportunities that have not been seen in the millennium and 500 years. We not only want to cut off the violent Wei, but also unify the world and stabilize the world. At that time, if it is less, it will become the Tang Emperor's career, and if it is more, it may not be able to become the meritorious service of Emperor Bai."

With that said, Zhang Xing stood up and earnestly smiled in all directions: "Everyone, it's so encouraging!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands and bought two bowls of noodles according to the price on the signboard of the noodle stall, and then left alone, throwing a group of Jiangling authorities on the noodle stall.

After the chief left, the rest of the people were stunned for a long time. A few clever people digested someone's rhetoric. Some believed it, but there must be some who didn't believe it. Just a little bit of instinct.

But for some reason, Xu Shiying, who has always treated people properly, sat there for a while, and suddenly became impatient, and asked two of them face to face: "Boss Chen, Chief Dou, can you two accept your supernatural powers? Don't worry." To implicate us for nothing?"

Chen Bin glanced at the other party, but didn't say a word. Dou Lide, who was uneasy from the beginning to the end, was agitated, but he was really puzzled: "Why did Chief Xu say that?"

"Why?" Xu Shiying was helpless. "Haven't you understood? The Dragon Gang is still under the Fubing system, and the main body is still the Henan leader. Naturally, our Henan leader is also the chief to be wary of. At this time, it is Chen and Xie, as well as the Qianfu. Jun and the others are both descendants and rootless people from outside, so they have become trusted confidants; and people from Hebei, such as your Excellency, are in the minority after all, and have the least qualifications, so they can also be used... As a result, both of you On the one hand, I feel that the other party is from a lowly background, has no ability, and I feel disdainful, and on the other hand, I feel that the other party is a foreigner from a far away place, and there are descendants, but he is directing and doing things on the border of Hebei. Disregarding the overall situation, you started a quarrel, but I didn’t know it. I thought the quarrel between the two of you was caused by our Henan military leader who was trying to rebel! You don’t want to fight with your own family and smash us in! If you continue to fight, our Henan military leader But we will really complain together!"

Chen Bin and Dou Lide looked at each other in surprise, Cui Suchen and Ma Wei also looked at Xu Shiying in amazement, although the external clerical staff and attendants did not speak, they all faced each other in private.

And Xu Dalang finally sighed at this time: "Guys... I have to have my house ransacked and moved to Qinghe, I don't want to suffer anymore! Please take care of the overall situation, no matter how things are handled, don't fight any more! According to the chief's arrangement, we have a lot of things to do after autumn, and after eating this bowl of extra noodles, we have to do a lot of serious work!"

The two just didn't speak, Xu Dalang simply paid for two bowls of noodles, and then left straight away.

In the end, everyone paid their own money, and none of the leaders who were usually extremely generous came out to treat guests... The noodle stall owner was both lucky and absurd. Is it still going to be split evenly?
In the evening, the double moons were in full circle, and Xiong Tianwang, who had disappeared for a day, appeared at Zhang Xing's residence.

After Xiong Bonan arrived, he was a little embarrassed: "Chief, the recent incident was really arguing out of intention. I didn't expect many troubles later, and now it has caused many dirty things. I am really ashamed."

"Of course I know King Xiongtian." Chief Zhang said disapprovingly. "And I have already decided... I will ask King Xiongtian to go to Hengshan and Daijun to guide them... If you really want to join us, it's easy, and don't hang up the banner of the Dragon Gang on the surface, so as to save us To make trouble, at the same time, we must accept the rebellion rules of our Dragon Gang, and if they are not willing, they will be expelled from their status as rebels, and they will only be treated as bandits."

At this point, Zhang Xing still did not bow his head: "Why are they only allowed to rub against us, and we are not allowed to restrain them?"

Xiong Bonan was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, but he didn't know what to say, he just nodded for a while, and then he wanted to leave, but he felt embarrassed, so he turned back and asked: "Eating new noodles in Zhongqiu is not a festival custom in the south of the Yangtze River. It's not from Hebei or the East, so it must be from the North... I heard that the bowl of noodles that the chief executive didn't like at noon, do you want to go to my house and have a new bowl of noodles?"

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, then pointed to the sky, and answered irrelevantly: "I'm looking at the double moon and astrology, and I'm fascinated by it."

Xiong Bonan raised his head in surprise: "What's there to see here? 28 constellations?"

"That's what it means." Zhang Xing looked at the sky and sighed. "I just realized that apart from the 28 mansions and a star man, the stars are messy, as if no one has told this world about the extra astrological position, just like these dynasty changes, no wonder even I feel a little guilty... But I don't You should be guilty."

Xiong Bonan really didn't understand: "The stars are already there, but after the return of the four emperors, they were summed up into four elephants and 28 constellations. How do you say it's messy?"

And Zhang Xing was a little stunned, but he didn't say much, instead he just bowed his head and got up: "Nonsense, I'm really hungry again, go to your house and ask for another bowl of noodles... From the past few days to today's noon, I was really disgusted by them , It’s really like the mountain top can be demolished and erected at any time.”

Xiong Bonan understood these words.

(End of this chapter)