While Song Yang was waiting for Su Mo's reply, the bearded Liu Huairen arrived in Yinzhou.
Mao Ping and others have been waiting for a long time, and now they are waiting for Liu Huairen to return to Jiuyuan with them to start reorganizing the Production and Construction Corps.
Before Liu Huairen set off, he had had in-depth conversations with Song Yang, the old master, and others.
How should the border army reform and develop in that direction? What form should it take in the future? What scale should it reach? What kind of policies and support can the court give to the border army?
These issues have been discussed and some preliminary plans have been put forward.
Also following Liu Huairen was Song Yang's brother-in-law Shen Dan.
Liu Huairen was relatively easy to work with as his partner, so he asked Shen Dan to help set up the frontier army's reforms first.
It was impossible for Song Yang to keep Liu Huairen and Shen Dan in the north. They would have to come back once the basic framework was completed.
There are still many things waiting for them in the Central Plains.
"Master Liu, General Shen. You two have worked hard all the way."
"Three generals, the two of us came here on the king's orders. It's not hard work at all. We are all just doing things for the king." Liu Huairen clasped his fists and smiled.
Although this guy is a scholar, he looks like Guan Gong with his big beard.
You can hang out with warriors like Mao Ping.
Well, Mao Ping and the others had never met Shen Dan, so they thought he was Liu Huairen's bodyguard.
As a result, when Liu Huairen introduced him, Shen Dan turned out to be Song Yang's brother-in-law.
Good guy, the attitudes of these people changed immediately, and they wanted to worship Shen Dan as their ancestor.
"Three generals, I am here to help you reorganize the frontier army. All you need to do is treat me as a colleague!" Shen Dan said righteously.
"Yes, yes! Colleague! It must be a colleague! General Shen, please take a seat, please, sit down quickly..."
Shen Dan: "..."
The reform of the border army was confirmed, and a preliminary working meeting was held in Yinzhou.
Liu Huairen conveyed some of Song Yang's opinions, including the purpose of reform and the general direction of reform.
The basic thrust of the reform is to return the land ownership of the Northland Production and Construction Corps to the state.
Military households only have the right to use, but this use right is unrestricted and can be used indefinitely. It can be passed on to descendants and the land area will be increased based on the number of people.
In terms of taxation, a single land use tax is levied every year based on land output, with a tax rate of 10%.
Although the land does not belong to individuals, the 10% land tax is really low.
Except for the Beidi Frontier Army, only Jiangzhou's tax rate is 12%, and the agricultural tax rate in other places is 15%.
This is since Song Yang came to power, in order to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible, he lowered the tax rate.
Before the natural disaster, the agricultural tax rate in Daqian reached 20%.
The tax rate seems to be high, but Daqian has adopted the tax collection method of dividing the land into an area.
Only a single agricultural tax is collected and the poll tax has been abandoned.
This is a very advanced concept.
Regarding the issue of land ownership, the four generals of the border army were actually quite critical.
Before the natural disaster, private land ownership was practiced.
Now, with the exception of the Northern Border Army, private land ownership is adopted everywhere.
The Northern Border Army wanted to reform, and it turned out to be a change to public land ownership.
Therefore, the three generals of the frontier army were not easy to accept this for a while.
Liu Huairen looked at Mao Ping and others and said: "Three of you. If the land is still in the hands of individuals, then land annexation will definitely occur over time."
"The reform of the border army must take long-term peace and stability as its primary goal. If land ownership is vested in the state, land annexation can be eliminated."
"The prince has given you the lowest tax rate in the country so that you can obtain greater profits from agricultural output through the land."
"As for land ownership, as long as you are a member of the border army, you can enjoy the land use rights. It doesn't really matter who owns the ownership."
"In the future, the border army's land use rights can be extended without restriction, and future generations can enjoy the land ownership. Even if you don't take care of it well, you can lease the land use rights to others. You will not lose your land due to land annexation or other situations, and directly
It leads to a helpless life.”
Liu Huairen's explanation was quite convincing. Mao Ping and others remained silent for a while, saying they would publicize the pros and cons of land ownership.
Of course, they had no choice. This was Song Yang's decision. Even if they didn't want to, they had no choice but to implement it.
Seeing their unwillingness, Liu Huairen said: "Three generals, there is a lot of land in this world. Don't focus on the amount of land, but look at the yield of the land."
"Everyone now has fifty acres of land. How can one person cultivate so much land? It's impossible, right? Only by increasing the output per unit of land can we increase our income."
"Jiangzhou is already doing this. Jiangzhou now has a harvesting machine, one machine can be worth ten people. There is also seeding equipment being developed. If it is developed, one machine can be worth ten people!"
"With the help of these machines, only fifty acres of land can be cultivated."
"Three generals, if you want to get this kind of machine, you must gain the prince's trust!"
Liu Huairen took out the bait again.
Indeed, there is now so much land that there is no end to cultivation. If you are worried about land ownership, it is better to focus on output.
The output of spreading fifty acres of land with great effort may not be as good as the output of ten or twenty acres of intensive cultivation.
Mao and others may not know these things well, but they are very curious about the kind of machine Liu Huairen mentioned.
"Three generals. After the reform and stability of the border army, you can go to Jiangzhou to see some things. Only when you see them with your own eyes can you know how magical they are." Shen Dan said with a smile.
"Yes. That's what General Shen said." Mao Ping nodded.
"Mr. Liu, don't worry, we will fully cooperate with the reform."
The land matter has been finalized, and the only issue is the organizational structure.
The first step is to survey and draw accurate maps and the current distribution of people's gathering places in various parts of the north.
If the border army wants to establish a new stronghold, it must first avoid the original local areas where people gather.
In addition, there must be certain connectivity with the border army camp.
Finally, a promotion plan was determined with Jiuyuan as the center and the surrounding areas distributed in a spider web shape.
It was initially agreed to establish fifty large and small corps organizations around Jiuyuan.
These corps soldiers are key factors in the development and revitalization of the Northland.
In late March, all plans were finalized, and the frontier army group headed north again, returning to Jiuyuan.
Formal reforms also began.
With Jiuyuan as the center and the Yellow River as the axis, large and small corps sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
A barrier has been set up in the sparsely populated northern land.
It also provides a reference example for other border maps of Daqian.
At the same time, Song Yang, who had arrived in Liucheng, finally heard from Su Mobu.
Not only the echo, but also a bloody human head...