After being forced to join the army, he went north to King Qin, but when he arrived in Jinan, he was forced to surrender to the Eastern captives. After the war, Yangxin corrected the chaos, moved to Jinhai, joined the Tianjin Navy and performed meritorious service in defending the city, and withdrew to Huaidong and was granted the title of military attaché.
During this period, he also learned to read, got married and gave birth to a pair of children - what Hu Jinxiong has experienced in the past few years has made the people of Wenqiao Township marvel.
During the war, they were recruited to join the rural soldiers. They were all poor men who were looking for food at the edge of the knife. Rich people were greedy for life and afraid of death. For them, the world is a wealthy country. If they have not exhausted their enjoyment, how can they be willing to die? But for poor men,
You have to work hard all day long and still suffer from hunger, and you can't get a wife. Living is just suffering. If you can see hope, you dare to risk your life to fight for it.
The power of role models is infinite. Hu Jinxiong and others showed up to explain his experience, which made the eyes of those around him bright and their mouths dry. Tang Xitai and others opened the door and walked into the courtyard without even realizing it.
Tang Xitai and other Chongzhou boys had been following Lin Fu for the longest time, and had been taught by people for the longest time. They also knew the power of this mobilization method. When they walked in, they saw that everyone in the yard was immersed in the stories of Hu Jinxiong and others, so they stood by the porch.
Don't alarm them.
After a while, someone saw Tang Xitai and others walking in, and they became alarmed. Hu Jinxiong stood up, introduced Tang Xitai and said: "This is Mr. Tang Xitai, who represents Huaidong as the Wenling parent official. What kind of grievances will everyone suffer in the future?"
, you can ask Mr. Tang to make the decision for everyone..."
Huaidong only has the right to directly appoint inspections, and officials at the magistrate and county level need to be appointed through the court.
Lin Fu was not in a hurry to let the Southern Zhejiang Army regain the entire territory of Wenling, but he asked Tang Xitai to come over in order to mobilize all the rural forces in Wenqiao. In the future, if the entire territory of Wenling is captured, unless there are other transfers, the post of county magistrate will be held by Tang Xitai.
It was a matter of course. It was not inappropriate for Hu Jinxiong to directly introduce Tang Xitai as Wenling's parent officer.
Tang Xitai stepped forward, bowed his hands to the village heroes gathered in the yard, and then said: "Everyone was deceived and coerced by the traitors in the past. Unless they were willing to join the thieves, everyone was a victim. This point,
The Huaidong Army Division is aware of everything. The day before yesterday, you stood up to resist the rebels, opened the gate of the village in time, and welcomed the Huaidong Army to come in and recapture Wenqiao. This is a great achievement. The purpose of keeping everyone here is not to ask for guilt, but to give you a reward.
Xu Gong..."
"..." Tang Xitai said, "We were oppressed by the rebels in the past and had a very hard life. But if the rebels are not completely eliminated and driven away, can we live a good life? Can we have enough to eat and marry a wife?
Isn’t it? It’s getting late today, so I won’t say anything more. I would like to join the Huaidong Army. On behalf of the Military Division, I would like to welcome everyone. Everyone should go to Hu Xiaowei to sign up. Everyone will be treated equally with pay and food, and their families will enjoy the treatment of military dependents. What do you mean by military dependents?
Lieutenant Hu just explained it clearly to everyone. I won’t say anything more today. If you have doubts in your heart, I won’t force you to stay. Each person will receive ten thousand yuan and it will be regarded as reward money from the day before yesterday. The severity of the injury will depend on the injury.
Receive some money for medicine for treating injuries..."
In the eyes of the villagers, Tang Xitai was an official, and they were always separated by birth. Tang Xitai announced the recruitment of soldiers. Some people below were eager to try, but they were always a little confused and didn't know how to decide. Tang Xitai handed over this matter to Hu Jinxiong, and he and
Hu Renjie and other local squires returned to the public hall to discuss taking over the local area.
Just now, everyone was excited to hear what happened to Hu Jinxiong, but some details were vague and they didn't understand it very well. As soon as Tang Xitai and others left, the temple became agitated, and everyone asked what happened. Hu Jinxiong and other military attachés patiently explained clearly.
Most people were undecided for a moment. After all, they had just passed through the life-and-death test, and they wanted to go home and calm down for a while. However, more than 60 people signed up to join the Huaidong Army at that time.
Then someone came in carrying Huaidong copper coins to distribute pension money and medicine for injuries.
Hu Jinxiong was busy here for a long time before he dismissed more than 300 villagers. The more than 60 people who signed up to join the army also went home first, and asked them to report to the government hall tomorrow. After being busy, Hu Jinxiong had no time to go home.
On one trip, I ate randomly in the temple and then went to the public hall to find Tang Xitai.
Tang Xitai, Hu Renjie and other local squires were talking about the New Deal. When they saw Hu Jinxiong come in, they saw that the black and strong young man behind him looked a bit like Hu Jinxiong, so he asked with a smile: "This is Sanwazi. How old is he this year? His name is
What?"
"When I left Wenqiao, Sanwazi was only thirteen. He looked very tall. He was only seventeen this year, and he hadn't even found a wife yet. How can country people be so famous or not?" Hu Jinxiong said, "I
His name was given by Lord Sun Shangwang."
"General Hu's family is the son of a general, how can the country people compare? The third child is also the bravest among the village braves." Hu Renjie quickly stood up and gave up his seat, facing Tang Xitai. Hu Jinxiong said with a flattering smile, "Master Tang, please give me a name...
…”
"General Fart, General Fart? There are thousands of famous generals in the Huaidong Army, but I am just a fart!" Hu Jinxiong did not appreciate Hu Renjie's flattery.
Tang Xitai smiled and asked Hu Jinxiong to sit next to him, and said: "Master Sun helped Colonel Hu name him Jinxiong. From now on, the three children will borrow the name of Hu Gong and call him Jinjie..."
"Third son, why don't you kowtow to Master Tang..." Hu Jinxiong ordered his timid brother.
Sanwazi was so timid that he knelt down and kowtowed when he came to the hall. Tang Xitai stopped him and said, "Huaidong doesn't follow this rule..." He then asked Hu Jinxiong, "What are Sanwazi's plans from now on?"
"Besides using my strength to either pick manure or eat military rations, what else can I do? He is also willing to join the army. I am afraid that Mr. Tang will say that I am selfish, so I specially brought him here to tell me." Hu Jinxiong said.
"Brothers fighting tigers, father and son fighting in battle, what kind of self-interest is this?" Tang Xitai said with a smile, "How about this, I also lack manpower familiar with the place, why not let Sanwazi follow me?" Tang Xitai quite understood what the adults were thinking.
, to occupy southern Zhejiang, it is necessary to vigorously promote generals and officials from southern Zhejiang in Huaidong. Hu Jinxiong was promoted to deputy sentry general due to military merit, but being selected to assist him in organizing local troops and preparing for war was not just about military bravery.
Grassroots military attachés who are brave and willing to fight with their minds are the easiest to be promoted in Huaidong.
"That couldn't be better!" Hu Jinxiong didn't know when he would be transferred to the front line to lead the troops in the war. He was not afraid with his head on his waist, but he hoped from the bottom of his heart that his brother would have a good future. This is also human nature.
Sitting down here, Tang Xitai then discussed with Hu Renjie the matter of taking over the place.
The local rural soldiers were either disbanded or accepted by the Inspection Department and incorporated into the Huaidong Army, and all the soldiers were also taken over by Huaidong. This was an undoubted premise.
The custom of Lijia governing the township was abolished, and an inspection department was established under the county to govern the township.
Local forces will also benefit from the reduction and exemption of Ding taxes, errands and various capitation payments. Naturally, Hu Renjie and other local squires will not object.
The local area must fully accept the copper coins cast by Huaidong and must not boycott it. It must accept Huaidong's use of copper coins to redeem supplies from the local area; however, the local area can use Huaidong copper coins to pay taxes and use Huaidong copper coins to purchase places from Huaidong's material station in Wenqiao.
Required salt, iron, tea cloth and other supplies.
The most taboo thing about coin issuance is that it can be released but not collected. If the military department blindly mints copper coins indiscriminately without a way to recover them, the copper coins will most likely depreciate significantly, so the local government will strongly resist. However, Huaidong agreed that the local government would use the copper coins issued by Huaidong to pay taxes.
, purchasing supplies from Huaidong, which ensures the stability of the currency value.
As long as Huaidong can ensure the stability of the currency value, there is no big difference between the written regulations of copper coins being equivalent to "ten coins" or "hundred coins". Even if the local government is still a little worried, there is no excuse for rejection.
In addition, the land, households, mines, etc. were inventoried and turned into official property. A fee was required for the entry and exit of materials, and city taxes were also levied by the government. In addition, Huaidong recruited soldiers from Wenqiao, and their families were classified as military dependents, and they were not allowed to rent farmland.
If the amount exceeds 30%, the landowner may not take back the land rented by the military at will.
Compared with the worries about large-scale plunder, the conditions proposed by Huaidong were much looser than what Hu Renjie and other local gentry were worried about. Besides, they were not willing to get too involved in local affairs and military preparations to prevent the She family from counterattacking in the future.
Clean it up again.
The discussion on local affairs was quite pleasant. Hu Renjie and other local squires were worried and insisted on donating two thousand taels of silver before leaving. Tang Xitai said that he would ask the court for credit on their behalf, but he declined.
In the next few days, the main force of the Taizhou Army, which was affiliated to the Governor's Office in Southern Zhejiang, stayed in Wenling and stayed in the two cities of Huipu. Chen Zhi led his troops to regain the Fangzhai and Zhenbu on the outskirts of the Taizhou Plain one by one; Tang Xitai, Hu Jinxiong and others were cleaning up local affairs.
, recruiting local rural soldiers.
The rent reduction did not seriously infringe on the wealthy gentry households. The most important thing was that it did not infringe on land rights, so it did not cause any backlash in the local area. However, the benefits to landless tenants were extremely obvious.
The Taizhou Plain is a rare land of plenty in southern Zhejiang, so the land annexation of Taizhou by the surrounding gentry is particularly serious. There are more than 40,000 households in Huipu and Wenling counties, and at least 80% of them are landless tenants.
In order to maintain huge military expenditures, the She family levied particularly heavy taxes on the areas under their control. In addition, the She family ruled Zhejiang and Fujian and relied heavily on the local gentry and tycoons. Even if they suppressed local forces, it would only be convenient and counterproductive.
Forces related to the Fujian clan infiltrated to control the place.
Heavy taxes were levied on a per capita basis, and the tenants were extremely exploited, but they were unable to resist.
The Ding tax was reduced or reduced, the tax was apportioned per capita, and the tax was spread to the acres. Most tenants did not even have to bear direct taxes except for the land rent. When Huaidong's tax reduction policy came out from Wenqiao, the local people in Taizhou were
I wish that Huaidong could completely conquer Wenling as soon as possible, return to the two cities of Pu, and drive the She family out of Taizhou.
Even if the Ding tax is reduced or reduced and apportioned per head, Taizhou tenants will still have to bear a heavy land rent. Since the Taizhou plain has vast areas of abundant paddy fields that are rare in southern Zhejiang, the land rent is usually more than 60%.
As long as he joins the Huaidong Army, the land rent his family bears will suddenly drop to less than 30%. Even though the war in Taizhou is still in a stalemate, local tenant Xiang Yong who ventures to join the Huaidong Army is still enthusiastic.
By early March, when Chen Zhi led his troops to attack Tongyu Village on the south bank of the Jiaojiang River, the number of local warriors recruited to participate in coordinated operations had reached four battalions; the previous establishment of the New Zhejiang Southern Army was only fifteen battalions.