please make me king

Chapter 1081 Missing Money

"Yulin Town is centered on the four towns of Yan'an, Suide, Qingyang, and Yulin, and there should be more than [-] households in total." Kong Wenjian, the deputy military envoy of Hexi, said earnestly.

"If we talk about Shaanxi, Yan'an is the core, Qingyang and Suide are the two wings, and Yulin is the head."

"If we talk about northern Shaanxi, Yulin is the core, Thirty-six Forts are the two wings, and Qingyang, Yan'an, and Suide are the sweeping formations."

"This is the defense method of Yulin Town!"

Zhang Shun was no longer Ameng under Wu in the past, and he knew that Qingyang, Yan'an and Suide were the depths of Yulin Town's battle defense.

When the barbarians broke through the defense system of the Thirty-Six Forts with Yulin Town as the core, these three places were also defended with the help of city fortresses to create opportunities for the main force to wipe out the enemy.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, few enemies in the north could break through Yulin's defense system.

Even in the last years of the dynasty, the enemy could only hit the city of Yanzhou at most, which was the end of their strength and could not threaten the core area of ​​Guanzhong at all.

But are these what Zhang Shun wants?of course not!
"If I weed out the old and the weak, clean up the farmland, and restore the victory in the early Ming Dynasty, what can I do?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking.

"Time changes and things change. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, elite soldiers and strong generals were sealed off in no-man's land, so the soldiers were at their peak for a while." Kong Wenjiao was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help explaining quickly.

"Most of the soldiers today are miserable, have no money left, and almost have nothing to do with beggars. How can it be like the early days of the founding of the country?"

"Don't lie to me!" Zhang Shun couldn't help sneering, "In the old Ming system, officers and soldiers of the guards were allocated one hectare of land for each household. These four guards together should have [-] to [-] hectares of farmland."

"Now the taxes paid by Daming Yan'an Mansion are only [-] taels of silver. Where did the huge difference go?"

"This..." Kong Wenjiao sweated profusely when he heard the words, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it, and then replied with an excuse.

"Either it was embezzled by military officers, or it was buried by wind and sand, or it was hit by drought, and the landlord abandoned the field and fled, and so on!"

"How much is the wind and sand encroaching? And how much is it to abandon the land to flee the famine? Why is the tax now only one or two percent of the early Ming Dynasty?" What you said is reasonable, so let me ask you why the gap between before and after is so big?

"A lot... a lot is in the hands of the officer Xungui!" Kong Wenjian had to admit.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, military officers took advantage of their powers to continuously embezzle farmland and oppress soldiers, so that they fled continuously. The imperial court had to adopt the recruitment system to maintain the combat effectiveness of soldiers.

However, unlike most people in later generations who believed that the recruiting system of the Ming Dynasty recruited soldiers from ordinary people, in fact, most of the recruiting targets in the Ming Dynasty were still people who had mastered certain military skills and military status.

As a result, the military power of the Ming Dynasty became dominated by the battalion system, and the position of the guard officer was transformed into a title of title.

Therefore, the hereditary officers of the Weisuo are now called "Xijue" when they were hereditary officials.

Since it is "Xijue", then I, Daqin, will definitely not recognize your Daming's title!
"The other generation did nothing for the country, but they also enjoy the benefits of farmland. What's the reason for soldiers not to be soldiers, and people not to be people?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking sharply.

Soldiers serve, civilians pay!
Now that this group of soldiers has their own food and salary, how can they occupy the farmland again, but not pay grain and taxes according to the rules?

Sugarcane is not as sweet as both ends, and it is not cheap to earn money from both ends. Those who only enjoy power and do not fulfill their obligations are called "silverfish".

"King Shun wants to rectify the guardhouse, but is he ready?" Seeing that Zhang Shun insisted on going his own way, Kong Wenjiao couldn't help reminding him quickly.

"Just about to ask my master, what is the connection between that generation and the general of Yulin? So that I can distinguish the enemy from the enemy!" Zhang Shun saw that Kong Wenjiao no longer looked left and talked about him, so his voice softened a little.

"If you talk about involvement, Yulin Wei has the deepest relationship, almost the foundation of Yulin's generals." Kong Wenjian said honestly.

"Suide is second, because Yulin Town was originally moved from Suide, so there are a lot of entanglements."

"However, it has been a hundred and fifty years ago, not as many as in the past!"

"As for Qingyang and Yan'an, they are located in the hinterland, except for some soldiers who were born here, there is not much involved!"

"Okay!" Zhang Shun couldn't help but burst into flames when he heard the words.

This person served as the deputy envoy of Hexi military preparation for more than a year, and he knew the Yulin guards like the palm of his hand.

If it is true as what Kong Wenjian said, then this matter will be much easier to handle.

I can stabilize the generals in Yulin first, and then take the two guards of Qingyang and Yan'an to operate.

Wait until the most critical Qingyang and Yan'an guards are resolved, and then the privileges of Suidewei will be revoked, and they will be converted to civil registration, and taxation will be done together.

As for Yulin Guard, we will not move for the time being, and we will make plans after seeing the results of the rectification of Yulin Town.

Now that Zhang Shun had made up his mind, he couldn't help asking: "How dare you ask Yan'an Guard?"

"Yan'an Wei has five thousand households under its jurisdiction, among which the thousand households on the road are stationed around Yan'an Fucheng, the thousand households on the left are located in the area of ​​Yanchang and Yanchuan, the thousand households on the right are located in the area of ​​Ansai today, and the thousand households on the front road are located in the area of ​​today's Ansai. It is stationed in Ganquan, Yanzhou, Luochuan, and Yichuan, and Qianhu is stationed in Qingjian today."

"Below it are Baoan, Saimen, and Anding, which are guarded by hundreds of households, with a total of [-] households and more than [-] hectares of land."

"Wait, how many are there?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help asking again.

"There are five thousand nine hundred and thirty-six households, and the land is more than eleven thousand hectares." Kong Wenjian repeated.

No, just now I clearly heard Ding Qirui, the magistrate of Yan'an, say that the three hundred households in Yan'an, Suide, Bao'an, Saimen, and Anding have [-] households and a population of [-]. This is different!

"How about the general military household in Yulin Town? How about the direct subordinate farm?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking.

"A total of [-] military households in the town's guards, more than [-] Dingkou, and [-] hectares of farmland directly under it." Kong Wenjian replied again.

Cao Cao has been fooled again!
Hong Chengchou, Zhang Shun and others estimated the number of farmland in Yulin Town to be about twice as high.

Zhang Shun still doesn't understand that the amount mentioned by Ding Qirui must be the data of Yan'an Prefecture, which is the result of various "modifications".

In the early Ming Dynasty, northern Shaanxi was sparsely populated and the land was barren. After the army and civilians reclaimed the land, it must be much higher than the original quota. Obviously, the data of Kong Wenjiao is closer to the real data.

Moreover, based on the calculation of the payment of [-] shi per hectare of grain, the more than [-] hectares of farmland can obviously pay [-] shi of grain, which is quite close to the [-] shi of the annual income in the early days of the country.

People say that Ming Dynasty has no money and no salary, and the huge Shaanxi supports [-] horses a year, and still needs the imperial court to move here and there to borrow, isn't it ridiculous?

Now Zhang Shun only cleared the lands of the royal families and the Xi'an Guards, and he was able to clear out [-] shi of grain. If we add the [-] to [-] shi of the towns in Yansui, we can collect an extra million shi a year. Is there any reason why you can't support a hundred thousand horses?

"Okay, since that's the case, later on, you can carefully count the amount of money, grain, horses, horses, horses, horses, horses and farmland of four thousand households and three hundred households in the four guards of Yansui, and once it is delivered to me, I will make my own claim!" Zhang Shun couldn't help sneering.

(End of this chapter)