Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 735

Ye Chen did not intend to enforce these systems by force, because he knew that if he did so, he would rise like a comet and leave like a comet, becoming the second king mang who engages in corruption, It is bound to end up as a betrayal and dismal failure.

He wants to first develop industry and commerce and prosper the economy; reform the land and return it to the local people, and promote the mixed living and intermarriage of the Han nationality, the Dangxiang, the Qiang, the Tubo, and the Tu nationality.Build more cities to promote the integration between various ethnic groups and Han people; at the same time, vigorously develop farming in areas with suitable climate and geography. After a few years, first lay a solid economic foundation for these policies, and then logically, from Starting from the place of least resistance in the city, it will be gradually implemented from point to point.

But even so, I am afraid that the resistance from the various chiefs and chieftains will still not be small, and things that are secretly obeyed and violated will definitely happen.That's why, when he first came to the northwest, he made an example of the Shanshen Village of the Qiang people and the Geduo tribe of Tubo, and Kou Zhun's experiment in Shanshen Town.In this way, first deter these tribal leaders with force, and then develop a set of once-and-for-all solutions to finally solve the problem completely.Let all the people under the rule, no matter what nationality they are, truly become the royal subjects of Xiangfu Kingdom.

As early as the founding of the country, under the promotion of Ye Chen and Zhongshu Sheng, this point has been implemented as the national policy of Cheng Xiangfu country.

In the past month, Ye Chen has been busy fighting, and the promotion of this national policy by Zhong Shushou, especially the Ministry of Agriculture, has not slowed down.

And a very important part of it is the more than 700 million mu of land that the Ministry of Agriculture is currently reclaiming in the Yellow River Basin in Xiangfu Country.

After Xiazhou, all the way to the west, there is an endless green grassland, cattle and sheep flocks, and felt tents.Sometimes there are criss-crossing paths, green wheat seedlings, winding rivers, and many small villages and towns.

The living environment here is better than that of the Hengshan Dangxiang Bashi. Nomadism and farming are uneven. Although Xiangfu Kingdom has just experienced a "defense war", the people in this place have not been affected by the war. Now it is grass green. In the season of horse manure, the common people still have to work hard to graze and cultivate to ensure this year's harvest.

Going forward from here, there are rolling wasteland Gobi mixed with patches of grassland everywhere, and as far as the eye can see is the Hengshan Wasteland.

Tuoba Gelu led the Tuoba City, which the Tuoba Clan established just last year, which stands on this land.

From Tuoba City to the west and north, there is a large piece of vast and fertile land along the Helan Mountain and the Yellow River Basin.In the early years of the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was some reclamation, but later because the Dangxiang nomads occupied the land, these fertile fields gradually became barren, and the famous Hanqu and Qinqu became dry ditches.It can be said that it has become a wasteland again.

However, since the beginning of spring this year, things have gradually changed here.

Under Ye Chen's forceful push, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated a total of 100 million taels of silver to cultivate the more than 700 million mu of fertile land.

One tael of silver a month, plus a piece of cloth or an iron utensil for daily use, plus as long as you participate in the reclamation of fertile land or the construction of canals for more than three months, the reclaimed land will be divided into ten acres of fertile land for the participants.

After the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, this matter has been widely publicized through the government in various parts of Xiangfu country, including more than 50 party members.

Such generous wages and benefits attracted the idle and poor people in the entire Xiangfu Kingdom. Under the organization and protection of the government, they went to the Yellow River Basin to open up wasteland in groups.By the end of March, according to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture, more than 24 people had participated in land reclamation.Among them are more than 300 party members from the nearest party.

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On April [-]nd, the Government Affairs Hall, Ye Chen's first court meeting after returning to Xiazhou.

Since entering the main hall, civil and military officials have all been cautious and cautious, not daring to show their air.Because they all heard where Bai Canghai and Xu Fangyi, who were not in Xiazhou, went and what they were doing.All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that their emperor was in a bad mood.
Ye Chen has never deliberately learned to imitate the majesty of the emperor, but he has held great power for a long time, held a high position, and controlled the lives and deaths of countless people. , making everyone in the hall fearful.Han Xizai secretly compared with the feeling when he faced Li Yu, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This is the emperor, the emperor."

"Now more than three months have passed, and 240 acres of land have been reclaimed. The reason why it is so small is that half of the more than 440 people were organized by the Ministry of Agriculture to rebuild the Han and Qin canals. And on this basis, a great degree of improvement has been carried out, such as canals for irrigation, waterwheels, etc. In order not to delay the planting of more than 24 million mu of land, the reclamation of fields has been suspended. Because the 7000 Many people are busy planting the ten acres of land they got. Among them are more than 200 party members." Compared with Zhang Bo's clear eyes and calm expression in the past, today's Zhang Bo dare not look directly at Ye Chen, and lowers his head said respectfully.If Zhang Bo was so abnormal on weekdays, many people, whether it was Ye Chen or the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty, would have noticed that there was something wrong with Zhang Bo, but today almost all the courtiers have similar expressions, so Zhang Bo's peculiarity cannot be seen. .

Ye Chen suppressed his worries about Yu Daoxiang for the time being, and said: "The Ministry of Agriculture has done a good job in this matter, and there is no need to rush to reclaim the remaining 500 million mu of land, because we don't have so many people to cultivate it. In addition, more Han people will go there, which will irritate the Dangxiang people. Therefore, after the remaining 40 Dangxiang people change their attitudes and habits, it will not be too late to instruct them to cultivate.”

Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused for a moment, turned his gaze to Jia Xian, and said: "The Ministry of Households manages the territory, fields, household registration, and taxes of the whole country, and they will be handed over to the Ministry of Households to deal with. The 24 people who are willing to move to these places According to the model of Shanshen Town managed by Kou Zhun, many people reorganized their household registers, divided them into eight counties according to their regions, set up villages and towns under the counties, and allocated 10 taels of silver to each county to build the county seat and county government."

Jia Xian had something to say at first, but seeing Ye Chen's gloomy face, he didn't dare to say that the household department was crying for poverty, and finally said: "I obey the order."

Ye Chen said again: "The Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has recorded that the more than 3 party members who are willing to farm land will set up a separate county, and the county magistrate will be Kou Zhun. The county magistrates of the other seven counties, and the officials under the eight counties , The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China must select personnel as soon as possible, so it selects candidates from the candidates who passed the spring examination. I don’t want a group of nerds who don’t know the sufferings of the people or are not practical to manage my people.”

When Ye Chen said this, he looked at Ma Wentao and Zhou Rongfeng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, with blank and puzzled faces, paused, and said, "Well...you have never done this kind of thing, Ma Wentao led the Ministry of Officials to take out a When the program agenda comes out, show it to me, and after I approve it, I will conduct job training. Oh...the so-called job training is before going to the job..."

After Ye Chen's explanation, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty suddenly realized that there were many talented people with bright eyes. They felt that this pre-employment training was really necessary. Han Xizai, Ma Wentao and Zhou Rongfeng came out of the class and said in unison: " The minister waits to obey the order."

Ye Chen said: "Okay, the military headquarters will report the current situation of the troops."

Yang Jiye hurried out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, in this battle with Song, Fuzhou, and Linzhou, more than 400 enemies were killed and 1000 were captured, including 19 officers above the commander. Our army 19 people were lost in the battle, and the command made the above-mentioned officers sacrifice seven people, and another 270 and six people were seriously injured and retired. The most serious losses were the Xuanwu Army and the White Tiger Army. In addition, 4000 people in Fuzhou surrendered. The decree has been compiled into the Zhelan Legion."

"The bottom-up summary, evaluation, reward and personnel adjustment notice and order of the Military Hub Department have been issued. According to His Majesty's will, 14 surrendered soldiers were absorbed into the organization. After the adjustment of the soldiers, the current total number of serving soldiers in our army is 420. Seven thousand, 3 people. Among them, the number of the White Wolf Army and the Black Wolf Army remained unchanged, 4000 and 420, respectively. The number of Baihu, Qinglong, Suzaku, and Xuanwu remains unchanged at [-] each. The Zhelan Army has [-] people. The Palace Guard Black Cavalry has [-] people. The military law team, the military factory guards, and people from the Special Functions Department."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "Three things, first, to readjust the number and organization of the seven legions, each legion has 2 people each. And ensure that there must be black soldiers in each legion." People from the three major armies of wolf, white wolf, and Zhelan. At the same time, these three armies must have people from the four major armies of Qinglong, Suzaku, Xuanwu, and White Tiger. The specific proportion composition and implementation plan will be determined by the General Staff of the Military Division. Carry out research, and finally come up with a feasible plan and show it to me. Hmm...you don't have to worry about this, Tuoba Gelu and Li Guangshun will cooperate unconditionally, as for Zhe Yuxun, he dare not not cooperate."

"Secondly, there are several legions whose garrison locations need to be adjusted. The Zhelan Legion has been adjusted to the frontier defense line between our Xiangfu State and the Liao State. The construction of military strongholds and castles will still be studied first by the General Staff of the Military Hub. The black wolf and white wolf garrison locations remain unchanged, and the other four corps have also re-adjusted their garrison locations due to the addition of Fuzhou and Linzhou. After making a specific plan, I will report it to you. Third, the training department must establish an officer command academy as soon as possible and further improve the soldier teaching brigade."

Yang Jiye and Zeng Shangfei came out of the class and said in unison: "I would like to obey my emperor's will."

(End of this chapter)