Dahan first prince

Chapter 385 Pyongyang Production and Construction Corps
If the farming system is a unique product of the feudal era, then the corps system, or the production and construction corps, is undoubtedly the new era of later generations. On the basis of the feudal farming system, especially the "military farming" system, improvements and improvements The results obtained.

As for its essence, it is not very complicated: to achieve the purpose of consolidating border defense, developing the local economy, and relocating border guards, a semi-military organization and a socio-economic system are formed.

To put it more bluntly, it is to cultivate and defend the border, deploy soldiers among the people, engage in production in peacetime, and be able to fight in wartime.

In fact, this original version of "farming and guarding the border" was repeatedly implemented by feudal emperors in the original history.

For example, during the Chinese Dynasty in history, Chao Cuo, a doctor in the "Shangshu", once asked to "relocate the people to the border", and use some criminals, slaves and recruited farmers to guard the border;
In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the famous general Zhao Chongguo also suggested to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to start farming; Emperor Wu of the Han also adopted his suggestion and dispatched a large number of soldiers to garrison the western regions.

However, compared with the improved production and construction corps, the purpose of this original version of "farming" is very simple: in order to reduce the difficulty of logistical supplies, let the frontline troops produce and farm on the spot, so as to achieve self-sufficiency in terms of military rations.

In other words, farming in this era is basically a 'production corps' rather than a 'construction corps'.

As for the history, why the ancestors and grandchildren of Han Wen and Han Wu only implemented this kind of "production corps" system, but not the "construction corps" system by the way, there are no more than two reasons.

One: the limitations of the times;
Second: the lack of production tools, and ultra-low cost performance.

——The essence of the Production and Construction Corps is the result of adding two irrelevant responsibilities of 'production and construction' and 'frontier defense' to the same group and organization;

However, in the Hanwen and Hanwu periods in history, this kind of solid border defense and development organization group did not have the super high cost performance of the new era of later generations.

During the period of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, although the northern side wall also belonged to the territory of the Han Dynasty, it was necessary for construction to a certain extent, but the lack of national fiscal revenue made it impossible for the Han Dynasty at that time to take care of both "construction" and "border defense";
Among the choices between the two, compared with the slow-moving and relatively less urgent "construction", it is clear that the "border defense" problem that has been robbed by the northern barbarians for years needs to be resolved urgently.

In the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, through the efforts of the two kings of Wen and Jing, although the Han Dynasty greatly improved the country's financial situation, the destination of farming also changed from the northern side wall of the Han Dynasty to the area separated from the Han Dynasty. A whole Western Region of the Hexi Corridor.

If we only look at it from the perspective of "whether it can be done", it is obviously not too difficult for the Han Dynasty during Emperor Wu's period to set up a production and construction corps integrating production, construction, and frontier defense in the Western Regions.

But on this issue, the courtiers and officials of the Han Dynasty took into account a very critical factor.

—— Cost-effective.

Farming is for border defense; production is for the border guards to provide food for themselves; construction is for making the local area a "sacred and inseparable part of China since ancient times".

Therefore, if it is in the core part of the territory of the Han Dynasty, this kind of farming method that combines production, construction, and frontier defense can still be said to have a good cost performance;
But in the Western Regions, in such an "enclave" thousands of miles away from the core territory of the Han Dynasty, it is obviously not so cost-effective and necessary to spend money on construction.

Of course, if the Han Dynasty completely occupied the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty and formally incorporated the Western Regions into the territory of the Han Dynasty, then there is nothing wrong with building after completely owning this piece of land;

It's a pity that after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing issued two SSR out-of-print red cards in succession, Emperor Wu Liu Che got an equally 'rare' collector's edition scrap card: Ershi General, Li Guangli...
Of course, in addition to the "unfavourable" of the Emperor Wen Dynasty and the "unnecessary" of the Emperor Wu Dynasty in history, there is another important reason why the advanced system of the Production and Construction Corps did not appear in the land of China.

The limitations of the times.

Whether it was Chao Cuo, a civil official of Emperor Wen's dynasty, or Zhao Chongguo, a famous general of Emperor Wu's dynasty, the purpose of their request for farming was not to look at the problem from the perspective of the country and economic construction, but from a purely military perspective. The Han Dynasty at that time solved the urgent need.

——In the reign of Emperor Wen, "rest and rejuvenation" was still regarded as a major national policy, but the instability of the side wall made it impossible for the Han Dynasty to focus all its attention on the reform of the people inside the Han Dynasty;
Therefore, Chao Cuo's proposal to emigrate the people to strengthen the frontier is only to consolidate the border defense and let the border defense troops be self-sufficient by the way, so as not to destroy the speed of national power accumulation in other regions.

As for Emperor Wu's first dynasty, although the Han Dynasty gained a great external strategic advantage after Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the generals of the Han family after the two had a clear lack of talent.

Neither Li Guangli, the general of the second division, nor Li Ling, who was regarded as the "unrivaled scholar of the country" by Sima Taishi, failed to take over the banner of the Han military from the hands of Wei and Huo.

The most important thing is: Compared with Wei and Huo who "eat wherever they fight", not only do they not need too much logistical support, but they can also bring back tens of millions of cattle, sheep and livestock. 'The difference is that the foreign strategic goals of the Han Dynasty after these two people have almost all become smashing food and killing people.

Years of unfavorable foreign wars, domestic complaints, and huge pressure on the treasury, even Emperor Wu once had the idea of ​​"letting go as soon as it is good", waiting for the next Wei and Huo to be born, and then plotting a northern strategy.

However, the generals headed by Zhao Chongguo were obviously unwilling to give up the huge strategic advantages that the Han Dynasty had gained at that time, as well as the opportunities to make contributions at their fingertips;
Therefore, Zhao Chongguo's request to garrison the border came into being.

—— Zhao Chongguo said: Your Majesty, you have reached this point, you can't just let it go!

Emperor Wu said: I don't want to give up, but you haven't achieved any achievements in these years, and the court has to send you food continuously. The treasury can't stand it?

Zhao Chongguo didn't give up, so he said: In this case, why don't your majesty farm in the Western Regions and let the frontline soldiers grow their own food and eat it?

There is no need to distribute food to the front line, the treasury, isn't there so much pressure?
In this way, Emperor Wu Liu Che, who was unwilling to give up due to the pressure of domestic public opinion and the treasury, accepted Zhao Chongguo's suggestion and officially began to farm in the Western Regions.

However, farms return to farming, production returns to production, and the expectation of "building the Western Regions" did not appear in anyone's mind.

In other words: the strength of the Han Dynasty's control over the Western Regions at that time, and the domestic public opinion that increasingly resisted the war, were far from enough to support the Han Dynasty's "construction of the Western Regions."

Later, Li Guangli, the general of the second division, also followed in the footsteps of Li Ling, a "national scholar", and sentenced Han to Hu. The overall failure of the 'Western Regions Strategy'.

Compared with Emperor Wen's farming on the North Wall and Emperor Wu's farming in the Western Regions in history, the Han Dynasty under the leadership of Liu Ying now has several extremely important advantages.

First of all, it is naturally the existence of Liu Ying, which makes all "era limitations" lose the possibility of influencing the Chinese nation in the Han Dynasty.

As a visitor from later generations, Liu Ying's historical vision of thousands of years is enough to keep the Han Dynasty on the right path at all times.

——At the very least, it is also on a relatively less wrong path.

Secondly, compared with the period of Emperor Wen in history, the current financial situation of the Han Dynasty is healthier; compared with the public opinion environment in the later period of Emperor Wu, there is no "anti-war" voice in the Han Dynasty today.

Of course, the most important thing is: Compared with the Western Regions that are far away in the 'end of the sky', North Korea is located to the east of Yan State and directly borders the core of the Han Dynasty.

With this series of 'advantages', it was Liu Ying's only choice to establish the first production and construction corps in Chinese history, and even human history, on the Korean peninsula.

First of all, the geographical characteristics of the Korean peninsula "surrounded by the sea on three sides and adjacent to the Han Dynasty on one side" make the local border defense tasks not as difficult as Yanbei and Daibei; taking into account production and construction while defending the border, there will not be too much pressure .

Secondly, Liu Ying's status as a visitor from later generations made Liu Ying very sure about the fertile soil of North Korea: here is not the barren grassland, nor the Hexi where the sky is full of loess.

Here is an endless black soil buried deep under the ice and snow!

If after decades of construction, North Korea becomes another major grain production area of ​​the Han Dynasty after Guanzhong and Bashu, then it will be of great importance to the Han Dynasty's northern strategy and the relaxation of land and class conflicts within the Han Dynasty. play an extremely crucial role.

In the end, it was a set of governance concepts that Liu Ying explored after working in the grain and rice official camp.

——The implementation of policies requires experimentation.

To put it bluntly: The Production and Construction Corps was not prepared by Liu Ying for the Korean Peninsula, but for the Yan, Dai, Shang and other northern border areas.

After all, the historical experience of Emperor Wu Liu Che told Liu Ying: Han may be strong forever, but Wei and Huo will not exist forever;

When the dynasty was strong and there were Wei and Huo supporting the field, the Han Dynasty would naturally be able to achieve the achievement of "going north to the Great Wall for three thousand miles, so that the Hulu dare not go south to herd horses".

But when Wei and Huo were lost and the dynasty was no longer strong, the Han Dynasty also needed to have a relatively complete system to ensure the frontier defense in the northern region. The nation is trampled on wantonly.

Therefore, promoting the Production and Construction Corps in North Korea was only Liu Ying's first step.

The second step is to sum up the experience to come up with a more perfect "Han version of the Production and Construction Corps" that is more in line with the current era, and fully apply it to the entire northern side wall area of ​​the Han Dynasty, so that the Han Dynasty can have "even if there is no Wei Huo will no longer worry about border defense issues' ability.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying's gaze towards Cao Shen became more determined.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, as soon as possible: the first batch of immigrants should leave this summer at the latest, and arrive at the Pyongyang Douwei's office at the latest in autumn and July."

The deep voice made Cao Shen nod his head, and then looked at Liu Ying seriously.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty to show you."

"This 'Pyongyang Duwei's farming regiment', how many households, how many people should be organized, and what should be the key to farming?"

Hearing this question, Liu Ying couldn't help but took a deep breath, stood up immediately, and put all the plans that had been planned in front of Cao Shen.

"The Pyongyang Duwei's farming regiment was composed of [-] households. In the marching army, five households made one army, and ten households made one ten."

"The two thousand households of the people should all be formed by young adults in their twenties and thirties."

"Compile the two thousand households of this people into a farming regiment, following the story of the past, the court recruited Ding to build an army; to be formed into an army, equipped with swords and bows, marched to Pyongyang Duwei."

"Everything along the way follows the army system, and the army rations are transported from the Shaofu."

As she said that, Liu Ying's expression became more and more serious, and her tone of voice was even more cautious.

"Wait until the captain of Pyongyang, all the soldiers of the farming regiment will be given a brick house and a farmyard; from the captain of Pyongyang, the whole regiment will practice the "May Day" system, that is, reclaim the barren land for five days, and the soldiers will A will practice for a day."

"From the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, within three years, the whole regiment will work and rest together, and all the food obtained from farming will be shared equally with the soldiers;"

"After the age of three at the latest, 40 mu of wasteland should be reclaimed; after the age of four, 40 mu of this field should be divided among the soldiers in the regiment, and the households should have [-] mu."

"Under the age of ten, all the plowing soldiers are exempted from taxation. In addition: the farmland of the plowing regiment cannot be resold; anyone who wants to fight, the plowing regiment should move according to the order, and the general can also issue orders to block the enemy and follow the side wall. A soldier's story."

"After the age of ten, the farming group was disbanded, and all the members of the group belonged to farmers."

"And the degree of application here..."

Telling all the plans in her heart, Liu Ying couldn't help but take a deep breath, and immediately looked at Cao Shen with a light smile.

"The grain seeds and agricultural tools used for farming are also given to the plowing soldiers for their houseyards..."

"All money from the Shaofu."

When she uttered the last sentence, "All the money from the Shaofu", Liu Ying panicked subconsciously!
But after thinking about it again and again, Liu Ying finally calmed down, and nodded to Cao Shen as if emphasizing it.

The production and construction corps, the real rare thing is not production, nor the corps, but construction.

Corps, only need to enlist soldiers, produce, and only need to issue the order to "garrison the fields";

However, the construction requires the court to undertake all the production tools and living materials in the initial stage, such as agricultural tools, ordnance, as well as food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

If there are millions, or even millions, of the rest of the world all headed to North Korea to farm, it is obviously an unbearable burden for the money of the Shaofu;

However, the first group of 2000 members of the farming group was obviously not a problem for Shaofu's internal funds.

——It’s just two thousand brick farmyards, two thousand sets of weapons and ordnance, dozens of cattle, and corresponding farm tools, and tens of thousands of shi of grain every year;

In the future, at the rate of two to three farming groups per year, we will increase the farming efforts a little bit. Considering the growing financial resources of Shaofu, there shouldn't be any problems.

Hearing this, Cao Shen couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and bowed his hands to Liu Ying, expressing his acceptance.

But soon, Cao Shen asked another soul question, which made Liu Ying stunned in place, unable to recover for a long time.

"His Majesty."

"That is, the Pyongyang Duwei's farming regiment is based on the system of the army and formed from two thousand households of the people, so it should be the establishment of the 'one school' in the army."

"Since that's the case, I dare to ask His Majesty."

"—Who should be the captain of this Pyongyang captain's farming regiment?"

"And the regiment Zhongtun, Qu, and Sima team lead the ranks, who should fill them???"

(End of this chapter)