I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 229 Will Yizhou enter the violent mode of the Tang Dynasty?

After the dinner was served, everyone exchanged glasses.

"Come on, General, I'll give you a toast!" Jiang Wei picked up the wine glass and walked over, "Last time, thanks to the 300 pairs of infantry armor sent by the General!"

"No, no, it's all General Wei's command. The soldiers are not afraid of death. I just did my little bit."

Jiang Wei asked: "Speaking of that step of human armor, can the general provide more?"

As soon as he said these words, the ears of Meng Yan, Zhang Yi, Ma Dai and others stood up.

They are obviously very interested in Bu Renjia.

Li Heng glanced at Zhuge Liang, who smiled and said: "Of course there are more, but this kind of armor manufacturing technology is extremely high and takes time, so you don't have to worry."

Fei Yi picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Why do you talk so much? Just drink tonight!"

"Yes, drink!"

They all drank too much.

Jiang Wei took Li Heng aside and chatted for a long time. The two of them talked and laughed.

Meng Yan and Ma Dai also went over to toast from time to time, and even Zhang Yi had a good chat with Li Heng. Only Yang Yi sat there with a straight face, as if Li Heng owed him money and hadn't paid him back.

Zhuge Liang loves to drink, and he was particularly happy tonight and drank more.

After the banquet was over, everyone dispersed.

Li Heng said: "Prime Minister, I will take my leave first. You have a good rest. I will come back tomorrow."

"Jian." Zhuge Liang called.

"Prime Minister, what's the matter?"

"Go out for a walk with me."

Li Heng paused and said, "Okay."

The two of them walked out and came to the edge of Wuzhangyuan, overlooking the Wei River to the north.

It was early summer, the night sky was full of stars, and the summer wind mixed with the fragrance of vegetation caressed Zhuge Liang's gray temples.

"Jian."

"Prime Minister, I'm here."

"The current situation is as you told me." Zhuge Liang's eyes fell in the direction of Chencang New City.

He remembered that one night three years ago, he went to Chencang County to see the hydraulic textile machine and had a private chat with Li Heng.

It was at that time that Li Heng proposed the strategy of "tiring Wei" and the strategy of surprise attack on Jingzhou.

Now the strategy of "tiring Wei" is moving forward step by step. After the second Battle of Guanzhong, Cao Wei lost many elites on the Chencang front, and Luoyang has issued a new round of conscription.

And further began to raise taxes.

The free trade town between Longyou and Xiping County has also stabilized, and Cao Shuang has become the biggest beneficiary of the new salt trade on the western front.

In a short period of time, Longyou will also enter a stable period.

"I want to hear what your next steps are."

"After several consecutive defeats, Lord Wei should have made some internal rectifications and re-employed Sima Yi." Li Heng said, "It is worth noting that we have achieved some staged victories, but if we need to It is still unrealistic to defeat the Wei army and seize Chang'an, but some of our people are blinded by the victory and become more radical, which is not advisable."

Zhuge Liang nodded, obviously he fully agreed with Li Heng's statement.

Especially Wei Yan, although he is now in Longyou, he has written several times to express his intention to lead his troops eastward to besiege Chang'an.

In fact, not only Wei Yan, but also Jiang Wei believed that now was a good opportunity to expand eastward.

If we just look at the situation in Guanzhong, there is indeed a chance to advance eastwards.

But all things complement each other, and the development of things is dynamic, not static.

Ji Han used the tactics of building a stronghold to gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong, and also used the brick wall stacking technique to seize the strategic point of Chencang.

However, Cao Wei learned the brick-making technology, began to build a stronghold in Guanzhong, and invested massive resources.

This greatly increased the overall defense in the Chang'an area and brought many uncertain factors to the field battle. The difficulty of advancing eastward naturally increased greatly.

Therefore, from an overall perspective, moving eastward now is actually a risky move.

And the risk factor is extremely high.

"I will control the situation in Guanzhong." Zhuge Liang said, "I want to hear what you said in your letter about the land equalization system and the military force system, as well as your plans for Jingzhou."

If Zhuge Liang initially tried it with hesitation when he heard Li Heng mention the strategy of "strengthening the stronghold and weakening the Wei", then now he was shocked when he heard about the land equalization system and the military force system.

The so-called strategy of "forcing the stronghold and weakening Wei" is just a military strategy and tactics.

However, the land equalization system and the military force system are national-level grand strategies, which are transformations of a country's basic system.

If the establishment of Taifu Temple transformed the distribution of interests at the upper levels of Jihan, then the land equalization system and the military force system transformed the distribution of interests at the grassroots level.

A country always has the largest number of people at the grassroots level. Only by fully mobilizing the power at the grassroots level and cooperating with the power at the top can the most terrifying combat effectiveness be unleashed. Li Heng said: “I proposed the equalized land system because I hope to distribute the equal amount of land to farmers so that farmers can obtain the right to use the land.”

Zhuge Liang asked: "Is this to curb the resurgence of powerful men?"

"It can be contained to a certain extent, but after three generations, it may be difficult."

Zhuge Liang fell silent. The summer wind blew, and he had sobered up a lot.

"Why is it said that it will be difficult after three generations?"

"Because the power to change the system is in the hands of the powerful, they will put on a gorgeous coat and make slow and undetectable changes to national policies in the same way as boiling a frog in warm water. "They began to encroach on the fields bit by bit, and by the time someone was alert, it was already too late."

Zhuge Liang was shocked, and the way he looked at Li Heng changed again.

Only one person can evaluate the current situation.

It takes a genius to judge the situation of a generation.

But if a man could see the situation three generations into the future, what would he be?

The most important thing is that Zhuge Liang believed that Li Heng had mentioned the most critical point.

Throughout the history of the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu promulgated the "Two Years of Law" at the beginning, which quickly stabilized the dilapidated world.

There are two key points in it: one is equalizing land, and the other is making money.

Empress Lu's equalization of land is not the equalization system of the Northern Wei Dynasty's Yuwentai period. Empress Lu's equalization of land is a very simple and direct way to allocate land to everyone.

The rule of Wen and Jing all appeared on the basis of this equalization of land.

However, Empress Lu's equalization of land only lasted for less than a hundred years. Because of the coexistence of powerful powers, even if the Western Han Dynasty contained a lot of restraints, it still could not change the general trend.

Zhuge Liang asked: "Is there a way to change this phenomenon so that equal fields can continue to exist?"

"Prime Minister, why should we be obsessed with things in the future? We can only accomplish the things of this generation. Qin Shihuang failed to completely eliminate the old nobles of the six countries. When Taizu passed away, two-thirds of the world's territory was not in the hands of the imperial court. By the time During the period of Emperor Wu, not only did the kings with different surnames disappear, but the kings with the surname Liu also declined. However, powerful powers emerged again, and the world's problems would never end."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile and seemed to be relieved of this problem.

"After farmers obtain the land use rights, coupled with the government army system you mentioned, can they recruit more soldiers and horses?"

"Yes, allocate land use rights to farmers, and then draw soldiers from farmers. As long as they can join the army as soldiers, they will be exempted from taxes."

"How to ensure the combat effectiveness of our troops?"

In fact, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to meet the increasingly frequent demands for war, China's military resource system changed from the militia system of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to a conscription system.

The so-called conscription system means that all citizens have the obligation to serve in the military. For example, every adult male must serve in the military for two years.

After military service is over, you can go home, but if you encounter a temporary war, you will have to wait for redeployment.

The conscription system lasted until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, the population dropped sharply, and food production was severely damaged.

As a result, the secular military system based on the farming system emerged.

This is the military system currently used by the three countries.

The prototype of the world military system appeared in the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was Guan Zhong who first developed it.

The patrimonial military system hereditary soldiers are passed down from one generation to the next. Each generation is a soldier, and their families live together in order to check and balance the frontline generals.

In essence, the military system based on the field system is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army and increase the country's fiscal revenue.

During the farming process, the government took away half of it.

Compared with the conscription system, soldiers have higher combat qualities because they are lifelong professional soldiers.

However, the shortcoming of the world military system is that the soldiers and civilians are separated. When one generation of soldiers who are good at fighting gets old, the next generation cannot quickly take over and faults are prone to occur.

Li Heng responded to Zhuge Liang's question on how to ensure the combat effectiveness of his troops: "Plant during the busy farming season and train during the slack farming season. From the capital to all counties and counties, Zhechong Mansion was set up. The upper Mansion has 1,500 people. The central government has a population of 1,000 people, and the lower government has a population of 500, which are determined based on the number of household registrations in different counties."

"Each prefecture is assigned one Colonel Zhechong, one Colonel Guoyi on the left and one on the left, and one each for Chief Shi, Bingcao, and Jiangjun to manage the local Zhechong Prefecture and ensure the supply and training of troops."

"In this way, it can indeed greatly increase the number of troops, but armament is another problem. When to recruit how many soldiers and how many weapons to prepare, the court cannot control. If there are more, the court will not have it. If there is less, there will be no combat effectiveness."

"So next we must increase the number of weapons supervisors." Li Heng said, "When necessary, the court can allow private individuals to register trading companies and obtain the power to cast weapons. The court can purchase weapons from there, which can speed up the casting of weapons."

"Weapons are distributed to the soldiers. After the war is over, the soldiers return to the farmland. Where are the weapons?"

"We have to hand over the weapons. We have now fully implemented paper-based office work and can complete such delicate management."

Zhuge Liang nodded again.

If this system can really be implemented, Yizhou will be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops in a short time.

This will definitely help open up the second battlefield and consolidate the second battlefield.

Moreover, it is also absolutely beneficial for the rapid replenishment of troops after battle losses.

The logic of this system is actually to take out the fields held by the wealthy families in the past, allocate them to farmers, and then transfer taxes from the court in exchange for soldiers.

(End of this chapter)