Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 388
Different from other dynasties that enlisted people to build mausoleums, the Northern Qi Dynasty changed the enlistment to enlistment, and most of the Henan Ding Zhuang signed up.

The reason lies in the existence of the exemption money. The people paid the exemption money, and the court used the power of the people to really give the money.

Regardless of the "Taichang Law" or the "Qi Law" that is being edited, it is stipulated that people who have reached the age of fifteen, regardless of gender, must serve one month of corvee in a year, and they can be exempted from corvee by paying the exemption money. .

The imperial court recruits people, and the monthly salary is the amount collected for the exemption money.

Although all dynasties have stipulated the service time of corvée, they basically did not abide by it. If you catch free labor, you can’t use it to your death. The extension is commonplace. As for whether there is any additional compensation for the extension, it is purely wishful thinking. Too much.

The Northern Qi Dynasty was different. For example, last year in the Southern Expedition, Gao Cheng recruited 60 civilians to accompany the army. It took five months.

The high cost of war is also the reason why Gao Cheng took eight years of recuperation before he went on a large-scale expedition to the south. But the rules he set, especially those related to the people at the bottom, he will stick to it.

If he hadn't carried out economic plunder in Nanliang this time and returned a lot of blood, he would have to wait a year or two before plotting against Jiangling.

Now that the spring plowing has passed and it is the slack time for farming, the imperial court has recruited 20 people to build the mausoleum. With the image of loving the people and being tolerant that Gao Cheng has shown the public in the past 19 years, there is no need to worry about him killing the people after the mausoleum is completed.

During the slack season, they could sell their labor for a wage, and some people were willing to apply to the government.

Under the auspices of Cui Jishu, the Ministry of Household Affairs also provided food and grass for Gao Cheng's southern tour and the men who repaired the mausoleum, and wantonly transferred materials from the local area to the central government.

After Gao Cheng issued an edict on March 26, he would patrol Henan and Huainan. During this period, he sent a secret order to She Digan, the governor of Yangzhou in Huainan, to send [-] sailors northward to Yuzhou for listening.

After more than half a month of preparation, on April 549th in the second year of Zhaode ([-]), Gao Cheng still took Dou Tai to stay in Luoyang, leading [-] Gyeonggi troops to garrison. All the soldiers stood still and were under the jurisdiction of the Zhongbing Mansion.

He personally led [-] cavalry soldiers, [-] infantry soldiers of the Gyeonggi Army, and [-] prefecture soldiers from Henan to Luoyang to inspect Henan and Huainan.

As for the so-called 20 civilians who built the mausoleum, they continued to gather in Luoyang. The strange thing is that Gao Longzhi, the new general of the camp, never saw the local collection of stones.

It's not that Gao Cheng and the others don't want to complete the trick, they just ask the local government to collect stones, and the local government has to recruit people to go into the mountains to mine and transport them. Then let Gao Longzhi let out the wind, saying that the mausoleum is not far from the stone mining site, and there is no need for a place to contribute.

On April 15th, Gaocheng's [-] troops left Yique Pass in the south and continued to Guangzhou. Because they did not bring civilian husbands, the logistics were basically in charge of the state and county soldiers. Among the soldiers, whether they were Xianbei or Han, they could It is not used as a garlic sister or a starch nanny.

Under the Northern Qi system, many state and county soldiers desperately wanted to squeeze into the ranks of soldiers. The recruitment of the navy before was no small task.

State and county soldiers have to do dangerous work, such as attacking the city with ants attached to the city, and their rewards and military pay are less than those of the soldiers. Now they have to do logistics for them.

In name, soldiers were said to be used to deal with field fights, but in recent years, they have not fought a few fierce battles. Whether it is the second western expedition or the capture of Huainan, it is more similar to flat push. In the eyes of state and county soldiers Here, life is really leisurely.

It's just that the state and county soldiers didn't see the hard work of the soldiers. Since the soldiers didn't have to produce, there were five training sessions every seven days. Among the five training days, two days were for physical fitness, which tortured these soldiers quite terribly.

However, Gao Cheng had already noticed the dissatisfaction among the state and county soldiers very early on, and he also opened up a channel for the state and county soldiers to ascend. .

It has been nearly 19 years since the rise of the Gao family, and 26 years since the Six Towns Uprising. Due to the regulation that soldiers should be discharged at the age of 50, many soldiers left the army due to old age.

As for the Xianbei children of the Six Towns, they are not able to join the ranks of soldiers as adults, they have to pass the assessment, and if they fail to pass the skills, they will be sent to serve as state soldiers.

Gao Cheng and everyone made it very clear that the world is not at peace now, and the imperial court pays so much for the soldiers, it is not used to support the children of Gaoliang, at least it is not the time for the main force to degenerate.

Over the years, he has been selecting the children of the six towns with strong martial virtues to join the army. Gao Cheng recruited brave men from the state and county soldiers to join the army. At least he maintained the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. Correspondingly, the proportion of the Han army is also slightly There is an improvement.

If you really point to the six towns of Xianbei left by his father Gao Huan, I am afraid that in this era when you can call your husband in your 30s, the average age of soldiers in the Northern Qi Dynasty can be 50 to [-] years old.

On April 23, the army marched to Luyang County, Guangzhou Prefecture. At this time, Luoyang had assembled 20 civilians to repair the mausoleum. Gao Cheng heard the news and sympathized with the hard work of the state and county soldiers. He immediately sent a letter and ordered 20 civilians to go south to escort the soldiers. Grain, armor, starch and laundry, and food preparation.

Fifty thousand state and county soldiers shouted long live, and the sound shook the sky.

It wasn't until this time that more and more officials in the DPRK and China realized that a war was about to begin.

Otherwise, it's just an inspection. With a 15 army, 20 civilians are enough, but Gao Cheng sent all [-] civilians here. What should I do to build the mausoleum?

Sure enough, on the second day of May, the Northern Qi army crossed the Han River and arrived in Xiangyang. Gao Cheng ordered the army to station outside the city. He was greeted by Hou Jing and led his cronies and guards into the city. When he entered the city, he was attacked by assassins. There were injuries, and all five assassins were captured.

After interrogation, I found out that it turned out that Xiao Yi, the king of Eastern Hunan, was ashamed of losing the land of Huainan in the Southern Dynasty. At that time, as a prince, he had to do something.

Now that the Northern Qi prince has not been established, if Gao Cheng dies, the north will surely fall into civil strife and have no time to look south. In Nanliang, Jiankang can send an army to take back Huainan, while he himself leads an army to take back Xiangyang, and may even take the opportunity to take back the Central Plains.

Well, the motive was obtained, and the assassin's confession was obtained, and the officer in charge of the case reported the matter to Gao Cheng.

Hearing the words, Gao Cheng was furious, but he didn't make the teacher angry because of his anger. After all, King Gao was reasonable. He sent an envoy to Jiangling to inquire about the crime, and asked Xiao Yi to come to Xiangyang to explain the matter clearly, and confront the assassin face-to-face to see if the matter really came from him. Ambassador.

　There is a chapter of [-] words in the evening, and a chapter of [-] words in the morning
　　
　
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