The so-called "cultivation together" means that the imperial court specially allocated a piece of land in a certain state capital, and then concentrated the resettlement of these veterans.
In particular, many state capitals in the north have been burned to the ground due to successive years of war, so there is plenty of open space for housing people.
For the veterans in the army, this is actually not a good choice. After all, in order to allow them to settle in these places with peace of mind, the court has sufficient support policies and subsidies, and the land provided is much larger than what they are living in.
What's the disadvantage of having much more land at home? Moreover, the land divided by the imperial court is also in Shandong, Hebei and other places that have become the heartland of the imperial court. It does not mean that these veterans are coaxed to go to the border areas.
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Even many old soldiers who originally had fields and relatives at home chose to exchange their fields for a larger farmland from the court, and then brought their relatives over, even if they settled here again.
To them, earning so much land for free is like pie in the sky. What else can they refuse?
And for the imperial court, it was actually not a loss.
It is well known that the land in the south is tense. In recent years, many tribes in southern central and Lingnan have moved inward. The court has allocated a lot of fields. Coupled with the rapid development of industry and commerce, cities and towns are expanding outward at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Naturally, they also began to seize farmland.
The north has been deserted for too long, and there are not enough people to move here. After all, the south is economically developed, and even if the competition is more brutal, many people are willing to stay in the south, especially many people who do not understand the situation in the north.
Thinking that the north is already thousands of miles away, what is there to go to?
Therefore, using the land in the north to resettle veterans of the army can not only restore the vitality of the north as quickly as possible, but also tell those who are still hesitant to decide. Let's see, even these heroes of the Han Dynasty who fought in bloody battles are happy with it. What else do you have to hesitate?
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In addition, placing these veteran soldiers together actually laid the foundation for Li Xinchen to promote the subsequent government army system.
This government army system is not the historical government army system that was popular in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The Han Dynasty implemented a recruitment system from beginning to end. It recruited soldiers, and after more training, they were responsible for fighting. In fact, "farming and war" were separated from the two things that the ancients valued most. Farming is farming, and war is war. And the Sui and Tang Dynasties
The Fubing system emphasizes "soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime", which is equivalent to completely integrating "farming and war". These are two different paths.
The army system of the Han Dynasty was actually a military garrison system. These old soldiers were stationed together in a centralized manner, connected to each other's fields, and heard from each other. Every once in a while, the court would organize them to participate in some simple training to maintain their combat effectiveness.
Once a war breaks out, these people will take over from the local troops to maintain order, capture enemy spies, etc.
In fact, to put it simply, they are a group of militiamen, and they are a group of militiamen with battlefield experience.
In addition, these people also play a role in assisting the local government in hunting down big thieves and even suppressing bandits.
There have been many years of war in the north, and bandits have been rampant everywhere.
Previously, when the imperial army marched in, these guys who had never been able to see the light naturally hid as far as they could. No matter how arrogant they usually were in occupying the mountains and becoming kings, the army pushed them back and forth, and they could cover any cottage.
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But now, as the imperial army gradually disperses, these guys also appear one after another, starting to disrupt the surrounding farming, and even go so far as to directly harass the towns.
The local rural soldiers, who are the reserve force of the main war army, are actually just a group of new recruits coming out of the new barracks. Therefore, the court also needs experienced troops to be responsible for maintaining local security, and adopt the method of recruiting security first and then attacking.
Recruitment is to give you a step down. As for what you have done before, the court can hold its nose and admit it, and by the way, it can also give you land so that you can serve the people with peace of mind. But if you still persist in your stubbornness and even do more evil things, then these people who have just been discharged from the army will The old pawns who have returned are enough for you to drink a pot.
How can thieves stand up to these warriors who have fought many battles on the battlefield?
One after another, military towns appeared in the hills and plains of the north, which actually acted as a needle to stabilize the sea.
This is why the local state government is very happy that these veterans have allotted so much land at once, and even received high local subsidies.
With these guys here, the security issues in the entire state capital will no longer have to be a headache, isn't that nice?
Of course, there are still many soldiers willing to enter the workshop, so the court will naturally make arrangements accordingly. After all, these guys are often very powerful, and the workshop also needs such people.
Proper arrangements for the retirement of soldiers can not only solve the problem of shortage of manpower, but also solve the problem of public security. At the same time, it can also allow the officers and soldiers to see the good life after retirement, and fight harder and harder, killing three birds with one stone. The court looks like Bleeding, actually making money with blood.
Otherwise, forced relocation of the population, suppression of bandits, etc., which one is not more expensive than resettling old soldiers and providing subsidies? And the retired soldiers have no complaints about this, it can really be said that everyone is happy.
For example, there is a big man with a broken arm standing in front of Li Xingchen. He is fanning and selling various jewelry. A medal that he obviously regards as an honor is hanging on his chest. The pattern on it indicates that this big man once lived in Luoyang. He climbed to the top of the city first during the battle, and he must have lost his arm at that time.
This is at the market on the side of Chang'an Workshop.
One-third of Chang'an Workshop is light industry, one-third is heavy industry such as smelting, and the other third is adjacent to the Weishui River and is a shipbuilding workshop.
Although it is not easy to navigate large rivers, the ships built by Chang'an Workshop can still pass on the tributaries of the Wei River, Fen River and other large rivers. Before the Jinyang Workshop was built, the demand for ships in the east of the river would also be converted into orders from Chang'an Shipyard. .
The market is just outside the light industry workshop.
All kinds of jewelry, clothing, daily necessities and even simply processed food made in the workshops, such as preserved fruits, are not only transferred to the city and other state capitals through middlemen, but are also sold directly on the spot.
Without the middleman to make a difference, of course the product will be sold cheaper, and many small merchants and hawkers walking in the streets are not qualified to go directly to the workshop to negotiate business with others - if the quantity you want is too small, you will not be able to sell it. Not enough workshops will make another order specifically for you - so you can buy them directly in these shops outside.
In the beginning, it was just a stall. Later, everyone discovered that this was indeed a very good way of doing business. More and more people gathered, so the workshop also put in people to build houses. It was said to be a market, but in fact it has become a support. A town born of workshops.
There are no walls, people come and go, and the Weishui pier not far away is also full of masts and masts. It is already a prosperous scene.