Chapter 376 Freemasonry
"General Zhong, you misunderstood. There are two ways to train soldiers. One is Li Guang's training, which is loved by soldiers, but the military discipline is loose, so Li Guang can win or lose. At that time, I was training with General Zhong Shi in Huachi, which was also a disguised Li Guang's training, constantly using the profits of soy wine to stimulate the soldiers to practice hard. But this method cannot last long. The second is Cheng Bushi, Cao Wei and Brother Ling's training methods, train with strict military discipline. However, that is the forbidden army. The Poche Army is relatively simple, so there is no need for Brother Ling's training." Wang Ju said fairly.
The current military discipline of the main imperial guards is too poor.
Zhong Yan was helpless. In order to shock the group of banish soldiers who could not fight, but were usually scattered and arrogant, the offenders immediately killed them. But it didn't work. Zhong Yan was in trouble, so he came up with a solution, stopped beheading, summoned his generals, drank and had a meal, and then pushed the offenders up, first cut off the lungs and livers, and then beheaded.
His generals covered their faces and dared not look at them. He drank and ate as usual.
Are you not afraid of being tough or being arrogant?
Therefore, the army immediately became solemn.
However, some ministers used this to impeach, but Zhao Xu also knew that the imperial guards were corrupt. If you don’t look at the other ones, look at the actions of the two imperial guards in Linzhai. One of them turned into robbers, and the other was greedy for merit and wanted to massacre villagers.
Even if Cao Wei is now rectifying the injunction, he still has to use his ruthlessness.
Why did Wang Ju say that he would move the imperial soldiers outside the city without even Gao Taotao? He should not blame the imperial soldiers. What kind of firm heart must he not be lost when living in the prosperous world of the capital?
"Zi'an is suggesting that we should train our army strictly, but not be too harsh?"
"That is, an iron army must have strict military discipline, but only be beaten. Of course, the evil people and those who have never changed their teachings have no need to be kind. If kindness does not control the troops, so many troops will be stationed here. They must go to the battlefield. Today is indulged, and tomorrow will harm them."
"A filial son is beaten?" Wang Junwan said.
"No, the stick may not necessarily produce filial sons. Spoiling is also unacceptable. It should be a strict father who produces filial sons. The father must be strict, but the strictness must reveal care. This is the doctrine of the mean. Or the Tai Chi painted by Chen Tuan, there is yin in the yang and yin in the yang. Or the way to govern the country is to be benevolence as the heart and law as the manifestation."
"Zi'an, I suddenly understood that this is also Wu Qi's way of governing the army. The military discipline is equally strict, but he can suck the pustules for the soldiers."
"General Wang, I am the one who is in charge. Or I will say the last thing, you don't have to pay attention or interfere. This matter was actually initiated by me. I asked the families of these soldiers to establish a Freemasonry."
“Masonic?”
Wang Ju made this name a spoof, but this Freemason does have some meaning.
"The Pochet Army officially reduced grain and silk from the first time they started to harvest."
"We know this," said Miao Jue.
In other words, when will the settlement be settled and distributed to the ground, the first harvest will begin. For example, the Poche Army, which settled last year, was harvested in early summer this year, and after the food and clothing were completely guaranteed, the supply of food and cloth began to be exempted. Therefore, from the beginning to the end, the Poche Army and their families had some food and clothing.
"So the Poche Army is still a little economical. I asked their families to form a joint together. The officers and soldiers of the tenth battalion are nearby, and each battalion is a small society. They usually communicate with farming and textiles, so that everyone can learn from each other's advancedness, mediate disputes between their husbands, and help the poor."
"This is wonderful," said Miao Jue. In this way, if the wife is united, the husband will be united. A united army is a truly powerful army.
"But this is an exception. The main reason is that they can gather, and the capital can gather, but the cost of living is too high. Some wives are forced to work as military prostitutes to support their families and how to form associations."
"Yes, the prices in Beijing are too expensive."
"We are not in charge of the ban on soldiers, or this Freemasonry, this is one of them, and the second is to operate. In the first year, they had a little money and food, so they were asked to pay two stagnants of money for each household to buy oxen. In addition, each battalion opened a residence, and each large association hired an economic person. Each small association selected one or two representatives to feedback what they needed, and the economic person purchased them uniformly and distributed them to each residence. The residence invited another family to surplus laborers, and the essence of the laborers.
The people who are strong and capable in Ming will be given a salary of 25 stagnant every year. In the future, each household will be given another 200 cents a year. At the same time, the specialty products in the hands of the families of each camp will be collected by the Freemasons and sold by the economics to prevent being harsh by the unscrupulous merchants. This profit income will usually help the poor families of each camp. If it is a battle, it will help the families of the martyrs to overcome the initial difficulties, or hire professors and educate their children. This is what their families do, and I hope you don’t interfere."
"This is a good thing. Zi An really has wonderful thoughts. We will definitely live up to Zi An's entrustedness."
"It's time to live up to the court's entrustedness. All I want to say is this, and you can tell me what you think."
This is a communication.
These people can really fight, but they still lack relevant experience. Communicating with each other once will be beneficial to everyone.
Wang Ju kept them for supper.
After this talk, he was about to go to the capital. Before the generals came down, he also received an edict from the court to ask him to come to the capital to report his duties.
The supper is quite sumptuous, which is also the "drug of the mean". Wang Ju's life is not very simple, but it is not luxurious either.
But Yelong Meesheng's wife's cooking skills are getting better and better, and the food is pretty good.
Several people were having a heart-to-heart talk while drinking.
Wang Junwan said, "It would be great if Zi could know the ministers of the border."
This is also a practical matter.
The fifth small road of Song Xia and Fulin Road are an exception, and the leaders of the remaining four routes are all civil officials.
Either Di Qing was a Di Qing, who was chased from Chenzhou to Yanzhou when he was suffering from cervix and died a few months later. It was not the governor of Yanzhou, but the deceased Di Qing.
However, how many civil officials can fight? No matter how brave the soldiers in their hands are, no matter how strong the generals are, it will not work. Unless they meet a leader like Cai Ting, how many Cai Ting has. Zhong Yan made a contribution, but he did it alone.
"I'm afraid this won't work. I'm not old enough," said Wang Ju.
I hope I will be in command, but some of them will wait, and there is no way.
But you can't underestimate the civil officials, as a few civil officials will immediately make you stunned. Don't say that Wang Shao, even Zhang Shi is making rapid progress. After a few more years of investigation, you are qualified to be a magistrate on the sidelines.
However, Wang Ju was wrong this time. He knew that he would be the chief of one of the four states sooner or later, but he did not expect that it would come so quickly. However, there was still some time before that position...
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"How much time will you stay in this report? Or I will go with you." Li Fei'er said.
The newlyweds smiled shortly after they were about to separate again, and Li Fei'er felt a little uncomfortable.
"Madam, don't be sad, no one can imagine it. Why can officials report their duties?" said Qiong Niang. In the past few years, Wang Ju has been going to Beijing to report their duties for three consecutive years.
What is a report on duty? Princes or local officials go to the capital to express their duties to the emperor. This is a report on duty. Think about it, how many officials have received such treatment in a year?
But this is not very delicious to everyone.
The young official sighed, and those who knew the inside story were even more ashamed of themselves.
You should know how many reports Wang Ju made in recent years. That report brought about earth-shaking changes. Not to mention the great victory in Dashun City, the first report of Zheng Baiqu will be completed soon. The second report of the report is a bit obscure, but some people know that the court's best plan for layoffs this year, Fangchang Hedu, and this kapok are all related to this report. What will be described in the third report?
As for the older officials, they can't stand it. However, some of Wang Ju's actions are too tough, and others are better. They have made contributions and do not regard themselves. They are usually low-key and are polite to others. However, they are also confined to age and will not hinder their seats.
However, Wang Ju also got the benefits.
That is the position in the emperor's heart.
So Qiong Niang comforted: "Madam, you are about to witness a legend."
"What a legend, you," Wang Ju didn't know what to say. Her mentality was purely because I was desperately trying to be the attachment on the Phoenix, the premise was that you didn't let me fall down, no matter what attachment, it was the tail.
"I don't care about the officials. As long as the officials are safe, it's fine," said Li Fei'er.
"This is my good concubine." Wang Ju said happily.
Qiong Niang doesn't think so, it doesn't matter if she stays in the place. If she is the chief, it doesn't matter. Everyone will curry favor with you. But when she arrives in the capital, it is purely a big dye vat, the husband is fighting, and the wife is fighting. Li Fei'er originally had a simple personality, and Wang Ju still has to cultivate it more simply. Once she arrives in the capital and serves as a Beijing official, those officials and wives will fight, and Li Fei'er is very miserable.
Her idea cannot be said to be wrong.
However, Wang Ju’s idea is simpler. If you can, you can. If you can, you will not. If you cannot, you will not. Can you find someone to speak in the capital?
Wang Ju said again: "The New Year is coming soon. After the Lantern Festival, the canal workers will start, and the officials will not stay with me for a long time. However, it is not easy to talk about New Year's Day and Lantern Festival."
Mainly what happened last year. Wang Ju was worried that someone would make trouble in the court and transferred him away, so he asked Zhao Du to make a fuss and the people would keep him. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xu finally issued a ban order to Sima Guang, and it was not until this summer that he let go of this "ban order".
However, there were rumors on Zheng Baiqu, and many powerful men began to encircle the fields again. After Wang Ju came back, he handled it for a long time before he calmed down. For this place, Wang Ju was very worried, so it was also a statement that I just described my work and would not be transferred as I did in Huachi County.
In fact, he didn't like the Xining reform, what attitude he had to face with?
"But on New Year's Day, about the south will bring back something good."
"quilt?"
"No, that is the property of the internal warehouse. Although several families in Yanzhou also went to the south, I repeatedly warned them not to touch them, whether they were buying or giving away, they would not touch them. In order to avoid giving them a lesson."
"What is that?"
"Same food."
"I'm not greedy."
"It's novel, it doesn't matter if you're greedy." Wang Ju said as he rode away.
Qiong Niang turned her fingers and thought to herself that there were still four years left, this time was too long.
Wang Ju quickly rode a horse to the capital.
As soon as he arrived at the inn, he was called to the palace by Zhao Xu.
He looked at Wang Ju and said, "It's getting dark again."
"The Shangbai Canal and Zhongbai Canal are not as difficult as the channel project, but there are many mountain canal workers, including Suitong Water Weir, who cannot be careless. Therefore, I often go over to inspect it in person, but it will be soon and will be completed next autumn."
"That's good," Zhao Xu breathed a long sigh.
Even if Zhengbaiqu is completed, all of them cannot be decided immediately. First, there is a lack of plowing oxen. Even if the military camps want to gather all the plowing oxen, it will take several years. Second, many arable land must be slowly reclaimed. If the completion next year, it will take at least another three or four years before all of them can be cultivated and planted.
But once all of them are cultivated and planted, the effect will be immeasurable. If you plan to plant half of the crops in more than 40,000 hectares of fertile land, you will also harvest more than 5 million stones of grain a year. How many people and soldiers will you feed?
At least you don’t have to worry about military rations.
In fact, it doesn’t take a few years later, and this year it has been tricked. Since the autumn, the court has never deliberately purchased grain from the Central Plains. The grain purchased by Zheng Baiqu alone is enough to be self-sufficient, and even transported a part of it to Suizhou to exchange cattle and livestock.
"Sit down."
Wang Ju sat down calmly.
Zhao Xu began to complain: "Wang Ju, do you know how much a quilt is in the capital?"
"Men's wife also bought a few beds."
"Your wife..."
"Your Majesty, is there anything wrong?"
"She is so stupid... Not to mention this, how much money did she spend on a bed?"
"Twenty cents, how much does it cost to silk in the capital?"
"I asked the inner treasury to hand them six guan. They just hired a weaver craftsman to add a quilt cover, and then a bed cost more than ten guan. Later, it rose to twenty guan, and now it has risen to twenty guan." Zhao Xu made these merchants go crazy. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!