Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1186

As the new year is approaching, there are many family sacrifices in Xiaohu's house, and there are naturally all kinds of ceremonies gathered on the stage.

Even though Shen Zhezi himself is not very interested in these etiquettes, he has to admit that these things are indeed effective in comforting people's hearts and showing the majesty of the stage, making order popular among the public and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which can be said to be beneficial without cost.

In addition to the rules of etiquette, there are many collocations of virtue and government, among which the more conspicuous ones are the exemption of a large number of village households and criminal households.In fact, it is really unclear what crimes these village households and criminal households have committed themselves. It is more of a result of Xingtai using the law as an excuse to increase population control.

Of course, it is not possible to simply say and act indiscriminately. As for the individual Shengmin, from the current point of view, he does not have the power to talk to the behemoth of Xingtai and demand fairness, and those who can do this are those who can gather More willing voices from the powerful clansmen.

Talking about fairness or the strictness of the law to these so-called representatives of rural ethics is to throw all kinds of administrative costs into a bottomless pit, and there is no way to distinguish a result. If it is tolerated, this part of the tolerance scale will become the capital of those township tyrants, and it will not benefit the common people at all.

Where there is a system, there is no vacuum within the system. Even if the ruler is sympathetic to the people and leaves a certain living space for the people, this part of the space will definitely be squeezed and seized by people with ulterior motives, and the situation of the people will not be really improved. .

Therefore, in troubled times, only heavy codes can be used to rule as soon as possible. Similar to the current Western Expedition to Hongnong, almost half of the villagers in Hongnong were classified as criminal households, but most of them really counted all the crimes?It should be said that they are also victims, and they have also been coerced and coerced.

But from the perspective of those in power, the problem should not be viewed this way.First of all, population is also a kind of loot, and it is a very important one.If you want to obtain a long war endurance, you must use war to support war and use the spoils of war as soon as possible.

Secondly, the so-called dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, and mouse son can make holes. This should not mean the theory of blood, but that life, people, and everything have a kind of path dependence, a kind of inertia that is lazy to change.

For example, those overseas Chinese families in Jiangdong, all kinds of mysteries have made China dilapidated, and it is still the same in Jiangdong, and it will get worse.

From this point of view, those Hongnong villagers may not have a little more ability to recognize reality than the Qiaomen family.Even if Xingtai doesn't force them to expropriate them, they will not live a life where everyone has enough land to cultivate. The greater chance is that they will turn around and return to the countryside where other hometowns are powerful and powerful, and the rural situation is still as good as before.

Therefore, Xingtai forcibly confiscated them, in addition to using them as soon as possible to assist in the battle, it was also to smash the so-called rural relationships that linked them together and make them belong to independent individuals again.

At the end of the third year of Qitai, the scale of Xingtai was huge, covering more than [-] people and nearly [-] households. This is almost half of the population of Xingtai directly controlled village households and criminal households.

Such a large-scale exemption, in fact, has traces as early as the beginning of the year. The previous various household registration checks and cultivated land measurements were actually preparations for this.

Although the large-scale garrison labor command line has a huge mobilization force and has accumulated a lot of energy, it is not a normal rule mode, especially as the territory controlled by the line is getting bigger and bigger, so in this regard The administrative cost paid is also getting higher and higher, and it is very unfavorable to the general development in the territory.

You must know that these settlements all over the Central Plains are also one of Xingtai's expatriate agencies, and they also have requirements for political performance, and Xingtai's requirements in this regard are still very strict.If you want to achieve better performance, you need to have more harvests, occupy more and better cultivated land, and collect more people. This is the basic behavioral logic of various settlements.

Xingtai itself is on guard against and suppressing the local township and clan forces. Backed by such a mountain as Xingtai, those settlements have become the local tyrants because of this. It is not a surprising behavior to expropriate.

If Shen Zhezi was just a local warlord who had previously restricted Huainan alone, he would not stop this kind of behavior, but would encourage it. After all, the power in his own hands is the real power.

But now that he has been in power for Jin Zuo, he needs to be responsible for the whole community and all the people.If the lives of the people under the king's way are more miserable than the old years when China fell, then the so-called Wang Ye Xingzhi would be meaningless.

Therefore, it is imperative to abolish the military settlements in the Central Plains on a large scale, and the villagers will return to their hometowns to restore normal order.After so many years of sweeping and rejuvenation, at least there are no overly strong clan forces in the Central Plains who dare to compete for these freed people.

Of course, exemption does not mean complete indifference. The original military personnel took advantage of the trend to transform into a tax system covering the local area.

Especially as Shen Zhezi went north for many years, the first batch of veterans of the Huainan Army had almost reached the age of service. Although they still had rich combat experience, their physical strength inevitably declined.At present, the Wang division's development momentum is still fierce, and there is no need to rely on these veterans to support the formation. These people have retired and returned to their hometowns, which is just right to build a grassroots ruling organization that covers the countryside.

Before the new year, the king's divisions stationed in various places organized a group of these old soldiers who were about to retire to enter Luo. On behalf of Xingtai, Shen Zhezi personally hosted a banquet in the old Luo army city to entertain these old soldiers.

"In the past years, we met and worked together, and went northward to seek great achievements. Now the master Wang's reputation is known everywhere! Now the king's affairs are advancing bravely. Although it cannot be boasted that he has completed all the achievements, but the numerous grand events in his prime have already inspired the world. The young and strong stand together, and the blood is ready to use!"

Shen Zhezi is still in military uniform today, standing on the high platform, looking at the group of veterans standing below the platform, and feeling a lot of gratitude in his heart, he said loudly: "To persuade you to retire today is definitely not about liking the young and disliking the old. I and Ladies and gentlemen, we eat together in the same robes, and you gave me your youthful strength, which made me famous in the north and south, with power in the world. On the top, picking from the head, every inch of the mountains and rivers is full of blood and tears of old soldiers."

"Although there are still new achievements to be made in the four wilds of the present day, looking back at the prosperity and governance of the old land, how can we not let the vulgar people take it lightly! I just ask you to do your best to help me along the way, and each of you will mark the countryside with loyalty and bravery. , so that I will have no worries, sweep up the court, and then behead the captives! I hope that Yunei will clarify in my lifetime, and then I will invite you here again, the white-haired people, sit around and chat, and share the feast!"

Before these veterans entered Luo, they all knew where they belonged, and some of them even became deacons in the township.Although most of the living people are war-weary, most of them have spent half their lives in the army, especially after following the general, they have made great achievements frequently. When they suddenly leave the army, they are inevitably at a loss, and they have a faint sense of panic about being abandoned.

But this time when I heard the general's words in Luoluo, everyone was very excited, and many people had tears in their eyes, and even rushed out of the army to the audience, raising their arms and shouting, vowing to follow the general to the death.

Those who participated in this banquet were not only these thousands of veterans, but also many serving kings and soldiers stationed in the old Los Army City. Seeing this scene, they were all deeply moved, and they sincerely envied these veterans There is an opportunity to follow up from time to time, and even the experience of fighting side by side with the general.

However, as the king's division became more and more powerful, the general no longer personally commanded the Wang division's army, and many new soldiers who joined the army often could only see the general from a distance during this kind of ceremony.

However, this did not make the image of the great general empty in the minds of these soldiers. Firstly, the great general has made outstanding achievements, and he is the minister with the most outstanding achievements since ZTE Second, it is naturally also because of the long-term immersion, no matter whether you have heard of the general's military deeds before, after enlisting in the army, there are also various military training performances in addition to military drills. The tour, of course, also includes other famous Wang Shi.

It is true that all kinds of loyalty propaganda have kept all the divisions of the Master Wang highly cohesive, but what really envied the soldiers in service was the treatment enjoyed by the veterans.

Joining the army is a high-risk occupation, no matter how rewarding and motivating it is, it is hard to erase its cruelty, and it is not easy to cultivate a veteran who is skilled in battle and has rich experience. It is difficult to enjoy the stable life they have fought and fought like ordinary people.

These old soldiers can be exempted from military status and retired, which is actually a special case, aimed at strengthening Xingtai's control over the local area.Whether this will continue to be the case in the future remains doubtful.These soldiers may not have such luck, and most of them will die of old age and join the army.Even if they can be exempted from becoming a citizen, the possibility of being directly appointed as the head of the township like these veterans is really very small.

But soon, the general issued an order on the stage, stipulating that the exemption of sergeants will become a common practice in the future. Every year, a batch of quotas will be distributed to each department, and the outstanding ones will be selected to manage the village.

As soon as this order was promulgated, the entire Old Los Angeles City immediately erupted into continuous applause.Although this order has restrictions on the number of people and military merits, and it is impossible to have such a large scale as this time, it is still a way out for those ordinary soldiers.

Although accumulating meritorious service in the army is also a way out, but this way out is undoubtedly more dangerous. Wang Shicheng's most famous name over the years is Mo Zhong, who has now been promoted to the leader of the Shengwu Army.

After all, for ordinary soldiers, they have neither super-long endowment nor profound training of archers and horses. They also lack strange luck and opportunities. It is really difficult to go through many battles and make great achievements.

Relatively speaking, this way out is more realistic. After all, there are still large areas of Guanzhong and Hebei that have not been recovered.Even if you can't be a leopard-tailed marquis, you can live up to half your life as a soldier if you retire to the township and the people's head.

Banqueting veterans is just one of the New Year's ceremonies. In addition, there are sacrifices to heaven, earth, and ancestors, and going to the Yique Pavilion to encourage students and so on.Before and after this New Year's Eve, Shen Zhezi was really busy.

　There will be another chapter later, continue to write. . .

　　
　
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