"The Ministry of Revenue encourages immigrants of 500,000 to move to the four prefectures of the Western Regions. All people who are willing to move west will be granted a hundred acres of land, exempt from taxes for five years, and each household will be rewarded with one official slave. People who move west can marry concubines in the local area, but not more than three concubines. Women who move west and Han women cannot marry local men..."

"The four states of the Western Regions, Persians, Tocharis, Gaochang, Tujue and Uighurs are mixed, and each of them should be named as a clan to show their distinction. According to their tribes, regions, customs, and language, they are divided into fifty tribes. Because of the Han Dynasty, there were fifty countries in the Western Regions, but only because of their annexation, thirty-six countries remain."

Li Luo, given the name of fifty small countries in the Western Regions in the early Han Dynasty, set up fifty tribes in the Western Regions, which of course changed the concept.

Moreover, during the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions did not include the vast Hezhong area and half of the Persian plateau, nor did Af Khan.

There are already many tribes in the Western Regions. However, Li Luo's consideration is given to the people of the four prefectures of the Western Regions.

The population of more than 10 million belongs to fifty tribes, with different names, which shows the heart of the Tang Lord.

And it is obvious that the Tang Lord has no intention of including Seme people in the Huaxia tribe for the time being.

The main body of the Huaxia tribe is the Han genus. In addition to the Han genus, the largest genus of the Huaxia tribe belongs to the Miao people, the Jung people, and the Yi people, all of which are large genus with a population of millions. As for the Khitan, Jurchen, Dangxiang, Qiang people, and Yue people, they have all been included in the Han genus.

Because in theory, these people are mainly descendants of Yanhuang. Even if they are not, they are descendants of Chiyou. Only they are considered to be the Huaxia tribe.

The indigenous people in Nanyang and Hengbei are embarrassed to not belong to the Huaxia people.

Of course, not the Semi people from the four states of the Western Regions.

They have the opportunity to become Tang people in the future, but they will never belong to the Huaxia people because their appearance and culture are too different. Only people in the East Asia area in later generations were divided into Huaxia people. Among the Huaxia people, the Han people are the main body.

Li Luo continued to order: "The Ministry of Industry has established a project, planted trees and afforestation in the four prefectures of the Western Regions, and promoted green management. It is also necessary to build city passes..."

"I ordered Jiang Jun and Chen Shuzhen, 300,000 prisoners of war, and 200,000 remained in the four states of the Western Regions as official slaves, and were called by the Ministry of Works. I ordered the garrison to clear out the horse thieves and bandits, and act as slaves as laborers..."

"The taxes are tentatively set at 30% for the states in the Western Regions. Farmers can receive food, herdsmen can receive livestock. Big merchants can only receive gold and silver."

"The Military Advisor's Office and the Ministry of War have decided on the charter of the garrisons of the Western Regions. The garrisons of the Western Regions are temporarily limited to 200,000. Not only should we guard against the Yuan army's invasion in the east, but we should also guard the local area."

"The police department mobilized 10,000 police officers to set up police halls in various counties and counties in the Western Regions to maintain public order."

"The confiscated house can be used as a school, recruit teachers, and teach children from the Western Regions..."

"In view of the years of wars in the Western Regions, the people of the four prefectures in the Western Regions are exempted from tax for one year. Taxes began to be collected in the eighth year of Hongwu."

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Li Luo issued a series of orders in one breath and formulated a major policy strategy for governing the Western Regions. The specific implementation will be carried out by the Political Affairs Hall and various departments.

After talking about the Western Regions, Li Luo finally talked about military affairs.

"The Tang Army, Navy, River Navy, and the current service personnel are more than 950,000. If it is decided today, it is time to decide the organization of this army."

"The number of active soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty is set to be 980,000. Among them, the cavalry is divided into 300,000, one man and two horses; the firearms are divided into 300,000; the bows, crossbows, spears, swords and shields are divided into 300,000; the navy is divided into 200,000; the rivers and naval divisions are divided into 200,000."

"Ninety-eighty-thousand people are the regular soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. As long as there is no war, the annual military expenditure will never exceed 30 million silver dollars."

After taking over the four prefectures of the Western Regions, the population of each person under the Tang court was over 140 million. What a population, it was not a big burden to support 980,000 standing troops.

"New recruits can only join the army at the age of seventeen, and can only be placed in the army for eight years before they can be placed in the army. Those who are not disabled but have less than eight years of service will choose their own jobs and the court will not give them responsibilities."

Du Lie said: "Abide by the order! The Ministry of War will be ordered by the lower department tomorrow and will be handled according to Your Majesty's order. Your Majesty will be even more grateful to the soldiers of the three armies for such kindness."

Li Luo treated the soldiers with generous treatment. Not only did he receive sufficient military pay and high honors, but he also adopted the transfer distribution system of later generations.

Li Luo now stipulates the years for the "transfer contract distribution". Later generations only took ten years to transfer, but he did eight years. This is because the average life expectancy in ancient times was short.

However, you can only be professional for eight years, instead of only serving for eight years, you must retire. According to the Tang army system, you can serve until you are thirty years old. You can serve as a team below the rank of the regiment and below the rank of the regiment and below the rank of the regiment and above. You can serve as a team below the rank of the brigade coach and you can serve as a team until you retire if you are in good health.

Retired soldiers will be transferred to their jobs, and they will determine the grade treatment after the jobs based on the four aspects of military rank, military position, military merits, and martial arts, starting from the tenth grade.

Almost half of the retired soldiers will be arranged to serve as police officers and officers in the police department. Almost all those with samurai reputation will be placed as police officers. A small number will be arranged to serve as grassroots officials in the countryside and Taoist officials in the Wu Temple.

Of course, you can also be arranged to work in mining, fishing, animal husbandry, stations, state-owned systems.

When you are fifty-five, you can retire and retire and receive half your salary to retire.

This kind of treatment has never been seen in history.

The benefits are also obvious.

First of all, it ensured the stability of the combat power of the Tang army, allowing the Tang court to always implement the elite military route, and also allowed the Tang army to be firmly controlled by the court.

Moreover, the Tang army had a strict system, strict training, and attached importance to military education. After eight years of joining the army, almost all available materials were available, and it was considered a talent reserve library.

Retired soldiers all believe in martial arts, which is very beneficial to the folk martial arts style. The court solved their worries and gave them glory, which also made them the backbone of supporting the court and the royal family.

It is precisely because of this that many people have joined the army in recent years, and the "low-minded career" in the Song Dynasty has become very popular.

Although the military pay was not much in the first three years of joining the army, after three years of joining the army, a person's military pay could support a few people. If he gets the reputation of a warrior, he will be even more decent and honorable. After retiring, the court continued to eat imperial food for his errands. Such a good path, of course, the children of good families would be stolen.

However, the conditions for the Tang army to recruit new recruits are relatively harsh. They all have certain requirements for age, physique, figure and appearance.

According to the Ministry of War, in the fifth year of Hongwu, more than two million young people signed up for the army in various places, but how many new recruits were recruited in the fifth year of Hongwu?

Less than one hundred thousand people.

Among the twenty or thirty applicants, only one person was selected each time. This shows how fierce the competition is. Some new recruits have been recruited for two or three years.

There is no way. For the peasant people who account for the vast majority of the population of the Tang Dynasty, their children's way out is nothing more than studying for the imperial examination and joining the army.

It is more difficult to study for imperial examinations and the admission rate is lower. Relatively speaking, it is much easier to get the military quota. Although it is very risky to join the army, it is really a good way out.

If these two ways out are gone, unless you are lucky, you will have to farm for the rest of your life and work for the rest of your life, and you will be able to live like this in this life.

There has been some trend among the people of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that women who are about to marry are young new Jinshi and bachelor of the academy, followed by warriors.

Among the samurai, the one who is most popular among matchmakers and women who are about to marry is the samurai with the ranks of samurai or commander.

Why?

Because the lieutenant or the commander is already a serious military officer, and he is often only in his twenties. He is both young and promising.

The team is above the top, and is over 30 years old. The woman who is about to marry in the Tang Dynasty is only sixteen or seventeen years old. The age gap is relatively large, which is not beautiful.

Those with higher military responsibilities are not only older, but also mostly despise peasant girls from small families. Of course, they also know themselves.

In this way, the small team that led more than 100 soldiers was the most popular warrior among the people.

So there is something in the folk saying: "The lieutenant is too young, Sima is too old, and the lieutenant is just right."

After discussing military affairs, we finally mentioned agricultural affairs again.

Li Luo talked for a long time, picked up the teacup and said to Cui Xiuning: "Zi Tong, you can arrange this farming matter."

Cui Xiuning said: "Cotton planting has now been promoted to the world. People from all over the country have used cotton cloth. Next year, the court will fully promote Yinzhou crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins."

"Da Situ, these crops have been bred for several years. Are the seeds sufficiently promoted?"

The Minister of Revenue said: "Reply to the words of the Queen Mother, these Yinzhou crops are still far from being promoted nationwide. But more than ten acres of local villages are enough. The meaning of the minister is that the seeds are only divided into the township level. After two or three years, they will be divided into every farmer."

Cui Xiuning nodded, "That's considered a nationwide promotion. The Ministry of Revenue will take out the allocation regulations and arrange them according to the number of land acres in various places. The seeds of the court are divided into each state, and then divided by each state itself. The Ministry of Revenue will strictly order officials from all over the country to properly keep the seeds. Wherever something happens, officials will be held accountable."

"These crops have low requirements for arable land, but their yields are higher than rice and wheat. This palace calls them secondary grains. If the secondary grains are promoted nationwide, many arable land that is not suitable for growing staple grains can be used, and at least can feed tens of millions of people. There are also foods for feeding livestock and poultry."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Ministry of Revenue has already drafted a general charter. After the detailed charter case is improved, I will submit a preview."

Cui Xiuning said: "There is no need to submit the detailed case of the charter and the case is directly handed over to the Zhengshi Hall. Whether it is appropriate or not, the Zhengshi Hall will handle it as soon as possible. After the passage, it is just a court order."

The government affairs of each department and temple cannot be personally studied and decided by the emperor. Otherwise, what is the significance of the government affairs hall? The emperor and the empress only point out the direction and approximation, and grasp the outline. Of course, the prime ministers must make a decision for a relatively detailed implementation plan.

Otherwise, how busy the emperor would be?

No matter how wise a monarch is, he will make mistakes when he is busy.

Lin Bi listed: "Your Majesty, Empress, the whole country promotes the cultivation of Yinzhou crops, and Empress calls them secondary grain. Then, there are as many kinds of these secondary grains, and it is quite troublesome to collect taxes. Please ask for an order, is the secondary grain tax or not?"

Cui Xiuning and Li Luo were both stunned. They didn't expect this.

Yes, is it taxed or not for crops such as sweet potatoes?

Most of these crops are used for wasteland that is not suitable for growing staple food. There are several types. How to count them?

Moreover, the staple food is hard currency, and those that cannot be eaten can be cashed out, and the court will definitely purchase it. However, the court will not be able to purchase these secondary food, and it is difficult to cash out. Will the court collect physical goods?

If the cash round is collected, it would be a tax increase for cash, which is not in line with the national policy of the Tang Dynasty. If the physical goods are collected, why would the imperial court do such sub-grain? How could it be stored?

Sub-grain is used to supplement staple food. With sub-grain, the people's food is not only richer, but also consume less staple food, so more staple food is sold to the court.

Cui Xiuning smiled when she thought of this layer.

She knew it in her mind.

No tax on secondary food.

But without levying this tax, the court can earn more income!

Why? It's very simple.

With the secondary grain, more poultry can be raised. Not only does farmers improve their lives, they can also sell more staple food to the court.

In a good year, farmers can still sell half of their food after paying taxes. If the year is not good, there will be no excess food after paying taxes, and it will be good if they can eat enough. If they encounter a disaster year, not only will they not be able to eat enough, but they will not even pay the tax, but they will even need relief from the court.

In ancient times, even if the water conservancy facilities were well prepared, the harvest was often lost due to the bad season. This led to the fact that even though the Tang Dynasty had built water conservancy and vigorously resumed agricultural production in recent years, farmers could never have much surplus grain for sale.

Food security still does not meet the requirements of Li Luo and Cui Xiuning. The imperial court's grain monopoly income also grew slowly.

Just say that at present, the winery and other processing industries that require grain have not been completely liberalized because the country does not have enough food.

But it’s different with the side grain.

If the people can sell more staple food, the court can purchase more grain to sell to those who do not produce grain.
To be continued...