Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 177 Farming War
In the last few days at the end of the fifth year of Daye, the county barracks outside Zhangqiu County suddenly became extremely lively.

At first, only people from Nanshan Village, Changbai Township, Zhangqiu came to sign up, but soon the news spread that the county barracks had recruited new students.Paper could not contain the fire, and the news spread quickly like the wind.

More and more people know that the county barracks will be changed from the original servants to recruits, especially the benefits of granting land to the land once selected, which completely sparked the eyes of many people.

Although there are many conditions and restrictions for entering the county barracks, many people rushed to sign up regardless of their status, wanting to join the county barracks.

Not for anything else, just for the treatment of at least [-] acres of land, it is worth a trip.

Half of the territory of Zhangqiu County is Changbai Mountain, and the remaining half is composed of seven mountains, one water and two fields, with more mountains and more dry land than fields.Most of the people have already grown up, but they didn't even get an acre of land, let alone those middle-aged men who were not yet grown up.

Although the Land Equalization Order stipulates that middle-aged men can also grant half of the land to small men, but even small men have no land to divide, so how can middle-aged men be allocated land.

But even if there is no place to divide, once you pass the age and become a middle-aged man, you have to start serving.Once they become adults, they have to start paying rent and transfers.

In the early years, the imperial court even stipulated that the rent adjustment should be levied by couples. One husband and one wife had one bed, and the rent adjustment paid by a couple was much higher than that of a single person. As a result, many people did not get married at that time, preferring to be single.If it doesn't work, then don't register, get married in secret, but on the surface they are still separated, and still pretend to be single.

Later, after the current Emperor Daye ascended the throne, this regulation was abolished, and it was changed to women not receiving land nor rent adjustments, only men receiving land rent, but the regulations of the land equalization order are good, but the land in the local area is only so There are many, and there is no field to teach.

Why were there so many fugitives in Changbai Mountain before?
In addition to some people who fled into the mountains because of crimes, more of them were poor people who had no land to grow at home, but had to bear the labor rent and transfer. , barely survived.

Luo Cheng's family used to have more than ten people, only a few dozen acres of land, and the land was seriously insufficient, but there was a lot of rent, tax and service. If there was a blacksmith shop in the family to fill in some, life would be the same today. not go down.

One pass ten, ten pass one hundred, one hundred pass one thousand.

Therefore, at the end of the year and the end of the year, everyone rushed here regardless of the cold weather.

County Yali.

Luo Cheng is still negotiating with the county magistrate Zhang Yichen and the county lieutenant Du Ruhui on the final matters regarding the reform of the county barracks.

"The response from the people to apply for the recruitment exceeded our expectations, and they are very enthusiastic!" Zhang Yichen had also heard about the grand occasion at the gate of the barracks outside the city.

"The demand for land is really strong."

Du Ruhui said, "I just don't understand one thing. Since you want to recruit recruits, why do you have to limit the age and only recruit middle-aged men? Wouldn't it be better to recruit young men?"

Luo Cheng explained, "Most young men have already married, and the family has a lot of burdens and concerns. Therefore, we prefer to recruit younger middle-aged men, who are young and passionate, and have no worries."

"Have you determined the number of recruits? How many people have left?" Du Ruhui asked.

Among the original [-] county soldiers, there are still many county soldiers from other counties in Qi County. After the county soldiers are changed to recruit soldiers, it is impossible for these people to stay here for a long time.

"In fact, most people are willing to stay, and they also want to divide the land, but we can't keep those from other counties. It's impossible for them to move here because of their origin."

Du Ruhui can understand this situation, the household registration population is the foundation of a county, who is willing to let people go.

These people wanted to stay, but Luo Cheng couldn't, so about 30 to [-] people would leave, including some veterans of the light cavalry, crossbow and scout teams, which would be a great loss to the county barracks.

But there is no way.

After the reform, although some elite veterans will be lost now, at least the remaining people can be retained for a long time.

The rest of the people expressed their willingness to stay.

If they stay, they can also enjoy the treatment of dividing the land, so no one wants to leave.

Even Lao Wang and his ten veteran coaches are willing to stay.They were originally Zhang Xutuo's trilogy, and most of them were people with no ties to their origins.

"We can help them get registered." Du Ruhui also knew how powerful these disabled old men were.

Buqu is a special group of people who are attached to their masters and are not considered good citizens but not slaves.A trilogy can marry a lover or a slave, but if he marries a slave, then the children can only be slaves.

Similarly, as long as the master is willing to give them a document and register with the government, they can become free citizens, which is the biggest difference from slaves.

But when they are still part of the country, they are not the registered population of the country, and they do not have to pay taxes and serve in the service.

However, the trilogy cannot enjoy the national welfare policy such as land distribution. As long as Lao Wang and the others are exempted by Zhang Xutuo, then Zhangqiu County can accept them, give them naturalization and settle down, and the county barracks can also distribute them. The land has been awarded.

"That means you only need to recruit 20 people, but now you have more than 3000 to [-] people from outside your camp."

"Then there is no way, we can only choose the best ones."

The plan for the reform of the county soldiers has been reported to the county immediately, and the county magistrate has already received a reply, saying that Zhangqiu County is allowed to try it out.Because there were rebels in Zhangqiu County just now, and there were many bandits in Changbai Mountain in the past, they relied heavily on the county soldiers. Zhang Xutuo also hoped that the combat effectiveness of the county barracks would be stronger, not just a form of rotation.

"Then it is preliminarily determined that each county soldier will grant [-] mu of land, and the land granted will be the land cultivated by the refugees from the mountains and plains." Du Ruhui said.

At the end, Luo Cheng was still fighting for his brothers, "Juncheng, the land in the mountains is relatively poor, why don't we grant [-] acres of land in the mountains, and then find a way to get another [-] acres of land in the county soldiers' hometown?"

"Ten mu per person, 500 people equals five thousand mu." Du Ruhui said.

"County lieutenant, there are five townships in this county, and the average township is only a thousand acres. If you squeeze, you can always squeeze out some."

"Fifty acres are in the mountains, and ten acres are in the original village. Isn't it inconvenient to take care of them?" Du Ruhui said.

"There will always be a way. The ten acres of land can also be handed over to their parents and brothers to help cultivate them."

Zhang Yichen also persuaded, "The county lieutenant should promise him."

"Okay, one person will add another ten acres of land from the original hometown, but there is no guarantee that the ten acres of land will be good fields."

"I know, ten mu of land is enough." Luo Cheng nodded, "But I would also like to ask the county lieutenant to grant [-] mu of land to the county soldiers in the mountains, and allow the county soldiers to reclaim [-] mu of wasteland by themselves. In addition, the land in the mountains is barren, and I hope that the county can exempt the county soldiers from the apportionment of miscellaneous donations for three years." According to the regulations of the Sui Dynasty, only adults can start paying rent and adjustments, and minors don't have to pay.But apart from this regular endowment, there are still a lot of apportionments at the local level.

"It's too much."

"The county lieutenant can do me a favor."

"At most one year free."

"Two years."

Du Ruhui rolled his eyes, and finally agreed.

"County lieutenant, the county should set up some Tianjun camps for the county camp to supplement the military camp expenses. This training, horse breeding, and ordnance wear and tear are all expensive."

Du Ruhui had no choice but to agree with Luo Cheng, a scoundrel like Luo Cheng. In the end, he had to agree that as long as the county barracks could find land in the mountains, they could give it to them if they planted it.

"Xie Xianwei."

"Don't thank me too early. We have done everything we can, and that's all we can help. We only have one requirement for the county barracks, which is to protect Zhangqiu and keep the border safe for the people."

"It must be done, please rest assured the county magistrate and county lieutenant!"

(End of this chapter)