The harm caused by indiscriminate minting of coins, which makes all things expensive, is chronicled in history.
However, despite knowing the dangers of drinking poison to quench thirst, the imperial court still granted the minting authority the right to mint coins. This was actually the lesser of the consequences of defaulting on food and wages, causing soldiers to mutiny or looting the countryside.
Just like how Emperor Shaolong disliked Chushan and was wary of Chushan, before the official establishment of the Beijing-Xiang Production Department, he still pinched his nose and paid nearly 2 million yuan in food and money to Chushan this year - after all, no one can afford it.
It was thought that the most elite Chu Son Army in Dai Viet would eventually mutiny due to lack of food and pay.
Now that the Jingxiang Road has been established, the Qiangu issue has been divided with the imperial court. Theoretically, it is enough to use the wealth of Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou as well as confiscated privately occupied fields for reclamation to make up for the previous payment from the imperial court.
After all, Emperor Jianji had previously conducted an inventory of privately owned fields in Xiangyang Prefecture (Xiang, Fang, and Junzhou). At that time, a total of nearly 400,000 acres of privately owned fields were found and incorporated into the field register, and nearly 100,000 stone grain taxes were added every year.
The terrain of Nanyang and Jingzhou is flatter and wider, and almost all of Jianli County is classified as military camps. The system department has added millions of acres of farmland.
All the ministers can estimate it with their eyes closed.
Gains from farming are far superior to those from assigning land.
The problem is that this has to be done after the settlement is completed.
However, there were still a total of 6 to 700,000 hungry people in Beijing and Xiangzhou who could not completely escape the crisis of survival; even if tens of thousands of people were resettled in Nancai County, which was the first to be resettled, they had just barely reached the most basic food and clothing line.
In the next few years, Zhuzhou counties will need to continue to build water conservancy projects, reclaim barren mountains, reclaim Hudang valleys, and build a large number of villages and villages - all of which require the company to continuously invest a large amount of resources.
The new Khan of Chihu came to the throne, and the main force of the cavalry returned to the battlefields of Hehuai, Guanshan and Shaanxi. The commander needed to mobilize twice as many troops and horses this winter to strengthen the military preparations in Yishui, Jishan and Rushui.
This also means that the production department’s expenditure on military equipment will return to the high point reached four years after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
However, Xu Huai still firmly disagreed with following the example of the Western Qin Dynasty and making excessive amounts of iron coins in Dongchuan and Sichuan.
He inspected privately-occupied fields in Beijing and Xiangzhou, reduced rents and limited tenants, eliminated the local tyrants and gentry from the local army, established an inspection department to limit the control of rural areas by the tyrants and gentry, and established a selection department.
We also need to sort out the ranks of subordinate officials in Nanyang, Xiangyang and Jingzhou. It can be said that we have completely offended the local tyrants, clansmen and gentry.
Beijing and Xiangxiang rely most heavily on the poor people of the middle and lower classes.
The indiscriminate use of iron money could temporarily ensure adequate military readiness, but it caused so much resentment among the people that Beijing and Xiangzhou were ultimately unable to truly unite into a powerful force.
Even if it is an expedient measure, we cannot open this hole.
Once this hole is opened, not only will it be difficult to get rid of subsequent dependence, but it will also open a huge gap between the production company and the middle and lower class people.
The real foundation has been shaken, which will be difficult to make up for in the future.
As for the sale of cast iron coupons, the initial effect may not be very good, but it can fill the expenditure gap to some extent.
The middle- and lower-class people who have some money and grain in their hands can buy iron money coupons from the production department with three to five guans, three to five hundred qian, or three to five buckets of grain. They can get some money and interest, and at the same time, the middle- and lower-class people can
Further tied together with the interests of the production company.
Of course, in addition to the long-term shortage of generals and the difficulty of making a surplus, Xu Huai became more confident after the establishment of the system, which at least prevented the enemies of Heluo and Jingxi from Jinghu.
The actual jurisdiction of Jingxiang is the land of Ru, Cai, Shen, Deng, Tang, Xiang, Fang, Jun, and Jingjiuzhou. Its jurisdiction not only exceeds the former Jingnan Road, but also exceeds Huaidong, Huaixi, Dongchuan, and Xi
Qin Si Road.
After the merger of Yinhu and refugees, the population of Beijing and Xiangzhou is expected to reach four million, even higher than before the war; before the Chihu people conquered Khitan, the total population was only about two million.
Beijing and Xiangzhou have a population of 4 million, and a large proportion of the Hehuai refugees seem to be in frail health. They are all new arrivals. However, the Hehuai refugees have suffered deeply from the suffering of separation and chaos in recent years.
Children, old and young were trampled and died of hunger and disease, which also created a deeper hatred for the Chilu people and brewed a more urgent desire to regain the Central Plains.
The suffering and torture they experienced also gave them a stronger will and endurance, a more calm and heroic courage in the face of death, and they were also more hardworking and hardworking.
Compared with physical strength, this is the more fundamental factor in whether one can become an elite soldier.
Of course, after cruel and even cruel measures to eliminate the weak and keep the strong, the Hehuai refugees who survived at this time may seem to be weak after enduring years of hunger, but their health is definitely not bad.
In the fourth year after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chushan deployed 100,000 troops on the Rucai front, which had exhausted its military mobilization potential.
At this time, in addition to the fact that Chushan's military mobilization capability in the three prefectures of Rucai, Shen, and Rucai has not been weakened, in addition to the 40,000 prefectural troops and horses in Nanyang, Xiangyang, and Jingzhou, there are also newly established inspection departments in the four counties of northern Jingbei, Nancai, and Nanyang.
A total of nearly 200,000 new troops were recruited.
Next, after the Guangxi Township Division took over the local rural soldier training in Nanyang and Xiangyang and further mobilized the middle and lower class poor, there is still room for further expansion of military mobilization potential.
Is there anything else to be pessimistic about?
Speaking of farming, the imperial government estimated that the military farming in Nanyang, Jingzhou and Nancai of Qiao County could increase by about 1.2 to 1.5 million acres. However, in fact, as of September, the land reclamation in Nancai of Qiao County had not yet been completed.
The farmland has reached 250,000 acres. Zhangshan, Fantai, Changlin and Dongzhou Inspection Department have completed the confiscation, and the reclaimed land and beach land have reached 550,000 acres.
In addition, there are at least one million acres of cultivated land resources in the Linjiang area east of Jiangling, south of Wazi Lake, Bailu Lake, and Sangchi Lake, as well as within the Jianlidu Inspection Department, including Chishan Bay.
It can be developed and reclaimed step by step in the future.
At this time, Nanyang Prefecture's counties had a total of about 5 million acres of registered land, but in the middle of Dai Viet, the Tang and Deng prefectures recorded more than 6 million acres of assigned land.
This is mainly due to frequent floods in the Tang Bai River Basin. Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the Tang River and Bai River have changed their courses many times.
Especially when rivers change course, a large number of fields will be delisted from state and county field registers every time. However, after the old rivers were silted up, the officials and gentry colluded to privately occupy and reclaim the land, but it was rarely recorded in the field registers or was not recorded in the records in every possible way.
This has resulted in the population of Nanyang Mansion more than doubling in the past hundred years, and the registered acres of land not only not increasing, but also decreasing significantly.
Therefore, if we really make up our minds to inventory the acres of land, Nanyang Prefecture alone will be able to uncover at least one million acres of privately occupied land. Optimistic estimates suggest that Nanyang Prefecture alone may be able to uncover more than 1.5 million acres of privately occupied land.
field.
This is also the most fundamental reason why the Nanyang clan gentry fears and hates Chushan, and it has touched their roots.
Xu Huai was determined to dig out all these privately owned fields, so naturally he never thought of reconciling with the clan gentry.
Of course, Xu Huai's greatest confidence lies in running the army and even the local government, which means that he does not fundamentally rely on the clan gentry.
In addition, the east and west wings of Nanyang Prefecture are the western foothills of Tongbai Mountain and the southern foothills of Funiu Mountain. Jingxiangyang Prefecture and Jingzhou also have Wudang Mountain, Jingshan Mountain, the eastern foothills of Wushan Mountain and other mountainous areas.
These mountainous areas not only have a large amount of arable land resources that can be further developed, but also a large amount of copper and iron ore, medicinal materials, tung oil, wood, stone and other physical resources that can be developed.
In general, regardless of the economic or military potential of Beijing?
A large-scale counterattack is more than enough.
It's just that there are too many things to do before these potentials can be transformed into real strength.
However, the situation in Jingjing will only improve step by step and will not get worse. What is more critical is whether Huaidong, Huaixi and along the Qinling Mountains can support the Chihu people's offensive.
In the end, Yang Qiye did not stay in Jingxiang, but ordered to lead You Xiaosheng's army to Chushan and accept Wen Hengyue's control. At the same time, the families of You Xiaosheng's army also moved to Runzhou for resettlement and garrisoning.
As a result, the Xuanwu Army on the left and the Xiaosheng Army on the right, headed by Deng Gui and Yang Qiye, formed the main force of the Huaidong camp to defend Xu Hai. The original Shenwu Army retained 20,000 troops in Huaidong, and all the families and children moved to Runzhou.
Resettlement - After completing such a replacement, Wen Hengyue's health was really unable to support him, so Gu Fan officially succeeded Wen Hengyue as the Huaidong resettlement envoy.
In Huaixi, Han Shiliang succeeded Yang Maoyan as the deputy envoy for establishment and pacification. Liu Yan led Zuo Xiaoshengjun who completed the division of garrison and served as deputy envoy for establishment and pacification in Huaixi, including Zuo Xiaoshengjun, Gui Dejun and Han Shiliang's direct descendants.
Including Longwei's army, the Huaixi army had more than 100,000 soldiers, making it the largest military commander in Dai Viet.
Generals such as Yu Gong and Ling Jian of the Suwei Forbidden Army were transferred out one after another, while Ge Yu and other generals were transferred to the Suwei Forbidden Army. They were once among the dozen Huaidong generals who were deeply trusted under Zheng Huaizhong. After actively impeaching the Zheng family and his son for their crimes, they also successively
He was transferred to Jingnan, and Jingbei was appointed as a general or a general under the jurisdiction of the Military and Horse Supervision Department.
At the same time, Yang Maoyan, Ning Ci, Wu Wenche and others were transferred back to the central government and served as counselors for political affairs. Emperor Shaolong completed the initial exchange of blood after ascending the throne.
The situation of Dai Viet in all aspects has been greatly improved compared to before the death of Emperor Kien Ji.
However, the new Khan of the Red Husband successfully ascended the throne and accepted most of the party members as vassals. The military front can also be said to be at its peak. Whether Dai Viet's defense line can withstand the test is still unknown at this time, let alone the expulsion of the Red Husbands from the Central Plains.
