Chapter 3 Land Allocation
The officials, gentry and generals involved in the rebellion were executed. After recovering Jinhua Mansion, the aftermath of the revenge, the aftermath of the revenge, and the lingchi Ma Jinbao, Chen Wen's reputation in Jinhua Mansion rose and fell. At this moment, as those rich gentry who formed a group training without authorization, suffered severe punishment or refused to disband, they finally fell again in the sad whine of the rabbit and the fox.
Whether it is the idea of sharing the world with the literati and the literati, or the tradition of the Ming Dynasty to preferentially treat scholars, these have caused the Confucian scholar-official class of Song and Ming dynasties to show a universal phenomenon of contempt for ordinary people. Remarks such as "not being safe and hungry, and being like the mantis" are rampant, and they are even more contrary to the core idea of benevolence in Confucian theory.
In their opinion, Chen Wen punished the gentry as a traitor, because the establishment of a group training and allowing the self-requisition of wasteland to raise soldiers was the military order of Zhejiang Governor Cao Conglong. They did not think that the act of taking advantage of the situation to seize the property of ordinary people should be punished. Of course, the reckless behavior of seizing military fields such as Ding Shenyan was also criticized by local scholars. Many gentry people believed that if there were no such incidents that crossed the line, Chen Wen's punishment would not be so harsh.
Most of the civil servants and generals who were executed came from the former Ming army in Dalan Mountain. When they arrived in Jinhua, they had not yet accumulated land and property. However, the property confiscated from the homes of wealthy gentry and wealthy families who were abducted was a supplement for a large number of warehouses that were burned by the Qing army in Yushan Town and the army was experiencing an astonishing amount of war. If Ma Jinbao's Guanzan and Qiu Taxation were included, this year's military expenditure and system reform should be able to support it. But next year, the repayment period for the loan will begin. If the second half of this year cannot afford Quzhou, which is far better than Jinhua, this army of soldiers will soon exceed 10,000 will still completely crush him.
Since this time, Chen Wen, who firmly believed that "there is constant property and those who are constant business have perseverance", decided to strike while the iron is hot and thoroughly implement the policy and system of supporting heroes with land and teaching land with military merits.
According to the established order of division of land, the first batch were the soldiers of the fallen soldiers and the soldiers who had to retire due to disability. All disabled officers and soldiers who were literate in strokes were trained and inserted into the garrison and other departments by Chen Wen, but the land of the pension was still distributed to safeguard the morale of the army.
In addition to these non-active military officers and soldiers, the order of divisions was sorted according to the time of enlistment. The first one was the old Nantang camp that experienced the battle behind the Simingshan Palace in the Dalan Mountain era. Then it was divided into the Tiantai Mountain period, where the soldiers who joined the army before and after the regaining of the army, and the final preparations for the army.
This work is very urgent because the summer harvest has just been completed and the summer seeds are about to begin. Although Chen Wen will not collect taxes for the first harvest, he can only complete it as soon as possible to collect military ration reserves from those military rented fields next year to support the continued combat.
As the most preferred group in the order of land division, Shi Daniu, who had previously recovered from the injury camp in Longyou County, also received the allocated land from the old camp after the first batch of residing personnel returned to the city.
The Shi family was assigned to a village south of Tangya Town in Jinhua County. It was not far from Tangya Town. Shi Daniu, who had an arm injured, rushed to the Baihu Office in Tangya Town and handed over the land distribution document he had received from the old camp. After a while, the officers and officials of the garrison station came to assist in the land distribution early this morning.
The matter of dividing land involves a lot, so there are often delays. However, the Shi family had already divided a piece of land in that village. The Baihu House knew that the Shi family was the two brothers who joined forces on Dalan Mountain, so they did their work in advance and waited for Shi Daniu to come back. Because only by obtaining the documents covered with the old camp seal could they pay the receipt to the Qianhu House, thus completing this important task that has been repeatedly urged.
Early in the morning, Shi Daniu got up and rushed to the entrance of the village to wait without even having a hot breakfast. Although he was the active commander of Nantang Camp, Shi Daniu did not intend to make a big difference in the territory of the garrison. Not only was the class of hundreds of households in the army far higher than him, but after all, it was someone who came to help him divide the land. Besides, the county magistrate in this world was not as good as the current officials. If the garrison officers who were in charge of them were offended for no reason, they would be worn by others if they were not properly done, so it was better to wait at the entrance of the village early.
The habit that he developed in the army for a long time made Shi Daniu not leaning on his arm, or squatting on the ground, standing straight at the entrance of the village in the sunshine, motionless, as if he was still standing on duty in the army.
Occasionally, a villager passed by the entrance of the village. When he saw his standing posture, he couldn't help but praise his mightyness. Some of the big girls and wives who went to the stream outside the village to wash clothes privately communicated with the family who had recently moved to the village. Not only were they assigned large areas of land, but they didn't have to pay taxes, they looked like a small landlord. At this moment, when they saw Shi Daniu, who looked honest and honest, some girls' women dressed in their houses couldn't help but blush their faces, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
"Big Brother."
Hearing the footsteps coming from the village, Shi Daniu turned around and just welcomed his younger brother. The Shi family was Ding Xingwang, and his father's generation was still in Shaoxing. Not to mention that his parents were all there. He was the eldest son. In addition to his second brother who had already died, he also had two younger sisters and this younger brother who was less than twelve years old. If he had not been fortunate to join the army, he would have to sell his children and daughters when the Qing army encircled and suppressed him. Otherwise, relying solely on him and his second brother to sell their labor, this family would starve to death.
Because of the double blow of the Qing Dynasty's heavy taxes and the gentry who rented the land, the Shi family lost their ancestral land with the double blow of raising rent, and the Shi family was once on the verge of being destroyed.
Fortunately, those hungry and cold days have long gone. Since becoming the soldiers of General Chen and the current Linhai Boss Chen Jue-seok, even during his days in Tiantai Mountain, with the labor-for-relief, the family can always eat and drink enough, and now they have been given land that does not have to pay taxes. Unfortunately, his second brother died in the arsenal of the city a month ago, otherwise how happy the family would be.
His younger brother was carrying a bamboo basket, which contained the breakfast and water jug that Shi Daniu had no time to eat and drink. He touched his stomach and had a full meal on time in the army for a long time. He was indeed hungry at this moment. Shi Daniu picked up the cake and ate it with pickled side dishes. However, he remembered the big pot rice in the army, especially the meat and vegetables that he could get during training and combat.
My mother made it better than the chefs in the army, but unfortunately she rarely eats it at home. Now that the land is divided, it shouldn’t be like before, and there are no more than a few slices of meat in a meat dish.
After eating it, Shi Daniu, who had only one arm, lifted up the water jug, raised his head and drank a few big mouthfuls of water, burped, and felt comfortable all over.
When he had just remembered something and wanted to talk to his brother, he saw a team of large carts erected by the flags of the Hundred Houses in Tangya Town rushing towards the entrance of the village. Shi Daniu knew that the garage was coming to assist in the division of the land, so he hurriedly met him, while his younger brother hurriedly ran home with a bamboo basket.
It was not until Shi Daniu got closer that he realized that not only were there hundreds of households and minor officials in the garrison, but also a team of soldiers wearing Ming army uniforms, which was supposed to be used to suppress possible opposition members. In addition, there were also oxen and farm tools on large trucks. One of them had been given before, and today this one belonged to him.
After seeing the 100 households, Shi Daniu said that he would go to his house for breakfast and then divide the land. Seeing this, the 100 households knew that the above was strictly prohibited from assisting in dividing the land, so he quickly said that he would divide the land first. So the crowd, together with Shi Daniu's parents, went to the fields outside the village together.
The Shi family was assigned to Tiantu, originally a student in the town. A few days ago, they killed people because they were forcibly robbed people during the group training. They were beheaded and displayed in public together with the cunning people he raised and his extremely evil uncle brothers. The family property was confiscated, and only some of their families survived. However, the family lost Tiantu and the family immediately became extremely poor and could only go to the town to make some accounting offices and teach teachers and other livelihoods. The team of troops brought by the hundred households was to prevent the family from coming out to make trouble.
When he arrived at the field near the stream outside the village, the minor official took the military service to draw the boundary and mark it. The newly assigned land was close to the land that the Shi family had just divided two days ago, but the minor official still asked the military service to erect the stone tablets that were divided into the boundary. Although the land was all from the Shi family, one was the pension field of the martyr Shi Erniu, and the other was the military field of the active sergeant Shi Daniu and the military field of the military merit field, so naturally it cannot be confused.
During the period when the hundred households contacted Shi Daniu's military friendship, the minor officials and the soldiers quickly completed the work. Shi Erniu's pension field was 40 acres. In addition to the money sold, the Military Service Department where he worked in his lifetime also issued a special bonus to commend Shi Erniu's loyalty. In contrast, the land that Shi Daniu had just divided had ten acres of active military field, as well as twenty acres of military merit fields that he forced to cross Lingxi and beheaded by our team, which was actually less than his younger brother's. Just when he thought that the land was exchanged for his brother's life, Shi Daniu couldn't help but sigh.
After the land was divided, the plowing ox and farm tools were handed over to the Shi family. After confirming that it was correct, Shi Daniu, who participated in literacy in the army and learned to write his own name, wrote down his name on the receipt, and pressed a handprint on it, and handed it over to the leading households.
The Baihu was born as a veteran who had retired from the camp in Nantang. Although the Simingshan Palace was on the flanking battlefield during the war and did not know Shi Daniu on the main battlefield, the friendship between going to the battlefield has not decreased. Since the work has been completed, Shi Daniu invited Baihu to his home for a drink, and privately stated that there would be a statement that he hoped that Baihu would take care of his family in the future.
This is a good idea, but the scene of being at Qianhuyuan before the division of the land was still fresh in memory. He had to say that he still had work in the afternoon and it was difficult to have wine here. Moreover, he and the Shi family were comrades-in-law, so it was appropriate to take care of him. Then he took everyone away, and the Shi family simply packed a lot of cakes and pickles from the house, and brought a jar of village brew to the Baihu.
These things are not worth much, they are all for their own food and food. Only when hundreds of households saw that they had no money did they share them with peace of mind.
The Shi family's land distribution was completed, and he did have work to do in the afternoon. He was still a matter of dividing land, and he had to be busy for a while. Because in addition to these martyrs and soldiers, the preparations for military replenishment and land that he accompanied him had to allocate military rent, so these people's enthusiasm for work was even higher than that of him.
Watching the people leave, Shi Daniu followed his parents to meet the group of tenants waiting in the small courtyard of the family. The tenants used to rent the two fields assigned by the Shi family. The Shi family now does not have enough labor to farm. Except for the few acres of vegetable fields planted by Shi Dad, the remaining land can only attract tenants to collect rent. Since this is the case, they found the tenants who used to rent from the family's family, all of whom were villagers in this village, which could be regarded as being a constant source of others' livelihood.
According to his mother's request, Shi Daniu showed his identity as an active officer in Nantang Camp in front of everyone, and established his authority in the awe-inspiring eyes of everyone. Then his father announced the proportion of rent.
But after hearing this, the tenants who were still worried showed surprise expressions, because the rent of the Shi family was nearly 10% lower than that of the family, and whether there were oxen or not, and the hostility towards the foreigners who moved to this household was also reduced a lot.
The work of dividing the land was widely carried out in the Ming army occupied areas. Not only the civilian military households, but even the army on the north and south sides had to face a large number of Qing army soldiers at any time, and its morale was far better than before. Even the Ming army's several great victoryes did not have the morale at this moment.
Because land and soil were the property that the ancient Chinese attached the most importance to and was the foundation for their survival. Having land and soil means that they will have the possibility of reproduction and reproduction.
While the division was carried out, Chen Wen also received a report from the Military Industry Department. One was about the wheel-type bolt, and the other was about the granulated black gunpowder. One of these two military scientific and technological innovations came from Chen Wen's memory, and the other was already used in the Ming Dynasty, but the popularity did not cover the Ming army in Dalan Mountain.
However, as the interrogation began, Chen Wen also learned from the report of the Criminal Officer that the reason why these two military scientific and technological innovations were not successful was because of the obstruction of the civil servants of the Military Equipment Department. They tried to use this to continue to hold the authority of the Military Equipment Department in their hands to prevent Chen Wen from infiltration and under the name of a reward.
After receiving that report, Chen Wen was amused and crying. He placed the Military Arts Department under Jinhua Town and did have the intention of eroding the rights of civil servants, but he never intended to overthrow the professional civil servants who presided over the manufacturing of weapons when Wang Yi was alive. Not only did he not even intend to overthrow them, but he also planned to further expand the Military Arts Department and improve the level of the department and the position of civil servants.
I was going to be on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditches. Since they had to die in the crucial weapon reform, let their whole family die together.
However, Chen Wen did not expect that the civil servants would be executed before his feet. These two military technological innovations made progress so quickly. He really didn't know what to say for a moment.
The so-called wheel-type bolt is a kind of flintlock gun. Chen Wen drew it according to his memory and checked it several times before giving a reward. However, he was still plotted by someone. The report just obtained stated that some parts need to be adjusted before they can be used. Of course, Chen Wen had no idea of disagreeing with this. He immediately went to the Military Industry Department and after verification, he handed the reward silver to the bird gun craftsman who was originally under Yu Guowang's tent, which was given to the craftsman's thanks.
However, what followed was that the production speed of wheeled bolts could not be improved, and it would take a long time to accumulate technology to equip the troops in large quantities.
There is no doubt about this. Chen Wen also knew that the popularization of flintlock rifles was full of ups and downs. Fortunately, the technical difficulty of granular gunpowder is very low, and it can be mass-produced immediately together with the fixed charge package. Only raw materials may affect the production speed. Chen Wen felt that it still needed to use some means to come up with it. Firearms are the development trend of weapons, and Chen Wen must try to ensure the acquisition of raw materials, but some things can be developed in advance.
Chapter completed!