Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 409 0404 [Military reform, political reform and currency reform]

"General Marshal, please have a look." Bai Chongwu came over with a stack of official rosters.

Ju Ming glanced at it and knew what was going on.

Although the father and son, one is in charge of the people and the other is in charge of the army, and they must not cross the border to interfere with each other.But it is by no means that each is in charge of each other, at least the other party must be informed of the basic situation.

Zhu Guoxiang divided the existing land into ten prefectures.

The newly occupied Nanxiang Basin was set up as Xiangyang Prefecture and Nanyang Prefecture.

And the land of the mediocre, that is, the large area of ​​Shennongjia, and Jinzhou is also drawn across to form an Ankang mansion alone.The government is located in Jinzhou City, which is convenient for taxation and transportation.

If Jianguo becomes bigger in the future, Ankang Mansion will definitely be split up.

Just like dismantling Hanzhong from Sichuan, Ankang Mansion must also be dismembered.Because they are all dangerous mountains and rivers, they cannot be put in one basket, so as to make it more difficult for officials and common people to rebel.

With the appointment of the ten prefects, Zhu Guoxiang took special care of his son's thoughts.

Zhang Gen was transferred to the prefect of Yizhou, and Gao Jingshan was transferred to the prefect of Hanzhong (due to the shortage of qualified officials, Zhu Guoxiang originally held this post concurrently).

Zhang Gen is Ju Ming's father-in-law, and Gao Jingshan was also recruited by Zhu Ming. Putting them in the two most important positions is to let Zhu Ming completely rest assured about the future team.

In addition, Gao Jingshan has been an official in Chengdu for many years, so it is inevitable that some favors cannot save face.

Zhang Gen was transferred to take charge of the Chengdu Plain. If he was not familiar with the place where he was born, he could let go of land clearing, household registration investigation, and rent and interest reduction.

And Gao Jingshan also served as an official in Hanzhong for several years. Hanzhong has completed these tasks, and Gao Jingshan's transfer back can play a consolidating and soothing role.

Li Hanzhang took 500 people to capture the Suizhou, Yingzhou and Jingmen armies because of his great achievements in the areas just laid down, and was directly appointed by Zhu Guoxiang as the magistrate of Xiangyang.

Li Hanzhang and Zhu Ming are old friends, which means that Xiangyang Mansion is also under Zhu Ming's control.

Not to mention that they are father and son, even if they are general partners, such an arrangement can move people to tears.

In addition, Zhu Guoxiang also made adjustments to the original administrative divisions, which were created by their father and son at the time.In the process of actually governing, Zhu Guoxiang found that the setting of the Ming Dynasty was the most realistic-in fact, he didn't know how the Ming Dynasty was set up at all.

That is to say, the prefecture is no longer a permanent unit, and the magistrate bypasses the prefecture and directly manages the counties, and only establishes prefectures in some special areas.

In this way, the management is more flat, and the number of prefectures can be reduced, saving a lot of administrative expenses.At the same time, states are kept as reservations, where decentralization is required, and greater autonomy is given to those areas (usually due to economic or military considerations).

With the changes in administrative settings, a few of the existing magistrates were upgraded to magistrates, some were downgraded to county magistrates, and some were still magistrates.

For magistrates who have been demoted to county magistrates, their grades and salaries will be retained, and they will be given priority in promotion in the future, which can be regarded as compensation in disguise.

Zhu Ming carefully read these documents, and if he didn't understand some parts, he circled them and asked them afterwards.He felt that most of the changes were reasonable, because they were changes made by Zhu Guoxiang based on the actual situation.

Then, Zhu Ming read and analyzed the battle reports from various places, and selected the meritorious generals to give wives and concubines.

Dozens of court ladies, only one for each of the two imperial concubines.The rest of the marriages were given to mid- and lower-level officers who had done meritorious service, and ordinary soldiers with excellent performance also had a chance.And it must be a bachelor, unmarried or widowed.

Back in the back house, Zheng Yuanyi was chatting with the two imperial concubines.

The rooms have already been arranged, so there is no need for Zhu Ming to worry about it.Only Li Shishi and Pei Yueli Chang'e did not move in, and lived with the other four concubines sent by Song Huizong.

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Ming walked over with a smile.

The three girls stood up quickly.

Zhao Fujin was the first to speak: "Sister Zheng is talking about interesting things about Tokyo. Although my sister and I were born in Tokyo, we have never been to many places. We are not as familiar with Tokyo as Sister Zheng. When I return to Tokyo in the future, I will definitely bring interesting things. Play everywhere. I have never been to Jinmingchi, I heard that it is very lively during the opening season.”

Jinming Pond is the royal garden of the Northern Song Dynasty. The pavilions and pavilions are all built in the lake, and the Navy of the Forbidden Army will perform drills every spring.

But the Dragon Boat Festival is more lively, and the Navy of the Imperial Army will row dragon boats.

Jinming Pond is regularly opened to the public, and the surrounding shops are also contracted out, making it an excellent tourist attraction.

When the Northern Song Dynasty perished and the Yellow River flooded, Jinming Pond was filled with sand.

Zhao Fujin was chattering, she was already familiar with Zhu Ming, and she had a very good impression of Zheng Yuanyi, she completely regarded this place as a royal palace.

Zhao Fujin was taciturn, even a little depressed, and only smiled when talking about interesting things in Tokyo.

"Xianggong wants to move to Xiangyang?" Zheng Yuanyi asked suddenly.

Zhu Ming nodded and said, "I'll be moving after a while, and your sister Zhang will go with me. I might live in Xiangyang for two years."

Zheng Yuanyi looked at the scenery of the back house of the Grand Marshal's Mansion: "It's quite nice here, and I'm going to move out after I get used to it."

"You can come back at any time. The Hanzhong Marshal's Mansion will remain, and some officials will be left to work," Zhu Ming said. "After you give birth, it's almost time to move."

Zheng Yuanyi is pregnant with her second child. Ju Ming came back from Chengdu last spring and lived at home for nearly five months.By the time he led the troops to fight, Zheng Yuanyi had already started to suffer from morning sickness.

The next direction of development is Jinghu, and it doesn't have to be against Zhong Xiang, but Jiangling City must be won.

The Northern Song Dynasty dug a canal here, and it went straight to the northeast to connect with the Han River. There was no need to go to Hanyang by boat.This canal was originally intended to connect the Kaifeng water system, but it was abandoned because it was too difficult to build in Nanyang.

After Zhu Ming occupied Jiangling, the supplies from Sichuan could be transported to Xiangyang and Nanyang very conveniently by water.

"Daddy!"

The eldest son, Zhu Kang, is over five years old and started studying this year.

Like Daming Village, the elementary school textbooks were written by Zhu Guoxiang himself.

This kid came running up and down, with a small schoolbag slung across him.

Ju Ming smiled and asked, "Who sewed it for you?"

Zhu Kang said: "Grandma Grandma (Grandma Yan) sewed it."

This kind of oblique small schoolbag was extremely popular in the Ming Dynasty and was used until after the reform and opening up.

The Song Dynasty already had a style, which was changed according to the women's satchel.

If you go to look at the unearthed cultural relics, you will find that some satchels of women in Tang and Song Dynasties are similar to the styles of modern LV bags...

"Where's Erlang?" Zhu Ming turned his head and asked.

Zheng Yuanyi said: "Since Sister Zheng went to Chengdu, my mother-in-law has often come to see Erlang, and today she took Erlang out to play. My uncle (father-in-law) was afraid of accidents, so he specially sent his own guards to follow."

The eldest son of the concubine was named Zhu Kang, because he was born in Jinzhou, which belonged to Ankang County in ancient times.

The eldest son is called Zhu Yang, also because he was born in Yangzhou, which belonged to Yangchuan County in ancient times.

Ju Ming named these two sons very casually.After going to Xiangyang, it is estimated that there will be another Zhu Xiang.

Taboos will also be practiced in the future, focusing on a step-by-step process, and it will never be done like the Song Dynasty.

For example, Zhu Ming, with the same name and surname is definitely not acceptable, but Zhu Ming, Zhu Ming, Li Ming, and Zhang Ming are fine.If the practice of the Tang and Song Dynasties is followed, all people with "ming" in the world will have to change not only the names of people, but also the names of places, mountains, and rivers.

How nice is the Longyuan sword? To avoid Li Yuan's taboo, I changed it to Longquan.

After testing and teaching his son some knowledge, Zhu Kang is still smart and eager to learn. He can already write about people, words, hands, mountains, rivers, water, etc., and he can also recite more than 20 Tang poems and Mongolian doggerel.

Zheng Yuanyi asked: "Dalang and Erlang, should they stay in Hanzhong, or go to Xiangyang?"

Zhu Ming thought for a while: "Let's go together, and bring Mr. Meng Xue along."

Zheng Yuanyi felt better, she was not used to not having her son by her side.

The two sisters Zhao Fujin and Zhao Fujin saw that they were chatting about family affairs, and they couldn't get in the conversation, and it was inconvenient for them to leave at will, so they sat silently beside them.

Zhao Fujin couldn't sit still at first and saw kittens fluttering butterflies in the yard, she also joined in with a round fan, which scared Zheng Yuanyi's cat away.

While reciting poems fluently, Zhu Kang peeked over there. He also thought fluttering butterflies was fun.

"Let's go play." Zhu Ming said with a smile.

Zhu Kang immediately flew over, chasing the butterfly everywhere, his movements were clumsy and funny, which made Zhao Fujin laugh out loud.

Zhu Ming went into the house himself and carried a recliner out. He lay on the yard and swayed gently, turning his head to watch his son and Zhao Fujin playing.

Zhao Fujin was sitting beside him with a smile on his face, but he was reserved and didn't mess around with him.

That night, Zhu Ming slept in Zheng Yuanyi's room, listening to the fetal movement with his ear on his stomach, and fell asleep after chatting about trivial matters for a while.

In the early morning, he arrived at the office of the Marshal's Mansion. He still had something important to do.

Zhang Tong, Bai Sheng, Bai Chongwu and other officials of the Marshal's Mansion returned early last winter and have already summarized the situation of the various armies. Zhu Ming needs to reorganize the team.

The number of soldiers in an army will be expanded to a full 3000, and civilian and logistics will be counted separately.

In fact, the generals of the various ministries expanded their numbers privately, such as Li Bao's [-] core elites. Ju Ming is just institutionalizing these phenomena now.

Seven armies were stationed in Hanzhong, one was placed at Xieguguan, and the other six were placed in the Hanzhong Basin.Counting the clerical staff and logistics, there are more than 2 people in total.

The three armies in southern Sichuan are mainly used to deal with barbarians.The four armies in eastern Sichuan not only had to deal with the barbarians, but also were on standby to kill Jinghu.An army in central Sichuan, led by Bai Qi, is responsible for sitting in the Chengdu Plain.Including civilian and logistics, there are more than 5000 people in total.

There are nine armies in the Nanxiang Basin, and the cavalry unit Tengxiang Army will also be pulled over. Counting civilian logistics, there are nearly 3 people.

There are about [-] regular troops from all walks of life.

The rest of the old and weak were all abolished, and reorganized as patrol soldiers and shop soldiers, responsible for anti-smuggling, catching robbers, postal delivery, and suppressing bandits.There are more than [-] such troops, and they can be pulled out to fight at critical moments. According to Song Dynasty, they can be classified as Xiang Army.

In other words, Ju Ming's total strength has reached [-].

He started writing and reorganizing here, and the entire Marshal's Mansion had to be dizzy, and even the magistrates had to follow along.

Because a large number of troops were relocated from Hanzhong, and they were stationed there for a long time, the families of the soldiers also had to move there.The most troublesome thing is to change the household registration and transfer money and food.

In the afternoon, Zhu Guoxiang came to the Marshal's Mansion: "Now the Changping warehouses are empty. After the warehouses are filled, I plan to use the grain in the Changping warehouse and the Sichuan brocade as the principal to reissue Sichuan banknotes. Of course, the name must be You can’t call it Jiaozi, that thing’s reputation is already rotten.”

"So urgent?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "In our territory, the currency system is too chaotic. More than 90% are iron coins, and some copper coins are mixed. But only iron coins have more than a dozen specifications. In addition, in recent years, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, etc. Issuing large amounts of iron money indiscriminately has messed up the currency markets in Sichuan and Xiangyang. As long as we have enough principal, and the principal is hard currency, grain and Shu brocade, the issuance of paper money may be more popular than iron money.”

Paper currency is of course not easy to promote, but iron money is also very bad. In this era, it is better than bad.

(End of this chapter)