The second day of the second month, Spring Festival.

The queen's carriage arrived in Bianzhou, and the Henan Road from the governor Feng Wei all went out of the city to greet each other for several miles.

The Minister of the Internal Affairs Office Chu Zhongye was supervising the construction of the imperial village near the ancient city of Daliang.

The imperial village is called Shahai, twelve miles northwest of Daliang's ancient city and about forty miles away from Bianzhou.

The Shahai was a major matter in which the kings and ministers of the Wei Kingdom during the Warring States Period. It was originally a swamp with abundant water and grass, and later dried up. Emperor Wen of Sui led the Bian River to inject it and trained the navy to prepare for the attack on Chen.

It was almost dry at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and only some water was left at the bottom of the lake, and a grassland of more than ten miles was formed around it.

This grassland and wetland belong to the territory of Junyi County, Bianzhou, and are now classified as the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Village is built.

As soon as the news came out, many officials, families and powerful people on Henan Road were a little disappointed.

Although the sea of ​​sand has dried up, the land is still pretty good. Although there is "sand" in the name, the soil in most areas is actually very wet, but in a few days of the year, due to lack of care, some wind and sand are raised. Emperor Wen of Sui was able to draw water and pour it into a lake that could train naval masters, and of course they could do it too.

Now don’t think about anything. As soon as the Ministry of Internal Affairs intervenes, this is the Shao family’s property. If you have another idea, you will be looking for death.

Chu Zhongye was originally the magistrate of Dengfeng County. Because his daughter Chu was deeply favored by the saints, she was transferred to the position of the Minister of the Internal Affairs Office and became one of the stewards of the royal family.

The Office of the Internal Affairs is a completely different organization. Although it also has the theory of official rank, it will be difficult for you to enter other departments after entering the Office of the Internal Affairs. Unless you are in the office, it is difficult to get into the office or the number of officials.

But Chu Zhongye did not regret it. He knew very well how his family’s wealth came about. Even the county magistrate gave him a fee for phone bills - no, my daughter and grandchildren earned him for him.

He did not have the reputation of a Jinshi, his status was still a rich man in the countryside, and his ability was just that. Apart from being loyal to the saints, he was really useless. Then he would not lose money when he entered the Interior Ministry. Anyway, there was no future in the serious officialdom.

He knew about the Queen's carriage arrival in Bianzhou in the morning. He was in a complicated mood to the Zhe family and did not dare to offend or get close to him. He simply stayed away from him. Anyway, he was a sixth-rank prefect, and was not qualified to go to Bianzhou to meet him.

It’s better to concentrate on the royal family!

Chu Zhongye brought several descendants of the Chu family's far-reaching clan to the edge of the ditches being excavated and pointed at them.

A group of half-grown boys sweated heavily, waving shovels and pickaxes, working hard.

"Where does the boy come from here?" Chu Zhongye asked.

"There are 112 people in total, including the two provinces of Han Dongyue and Qi, from Cangjing, Lulong, Yiding, and grassland prisoners. The younger ones are ten years old and the older ones are sixteen or seventeen." Shahai Emperor Zhuangzhuang was replying.

"Why are they all men?" Chu Zhongye said dissatisfied.

"Zhao Shaojian has already inquired about this matter." Zhuang Zheng was sweating profusely and said, "Now, Peking Mansion will send a group of girls over, most of which are Yingzhou prisoners."

"It's not bad." Chu Zhongye nodded and said, "The imperial village will be regained for ten years. After these ten years, taxes will be required. Don't be careless."

"Yes." Zhuang Zheng replied.

In fact, the ten-year tax exemption period is quite long. The main reason is that the merchants are generally young and have limited production capacity in the short term, or even no at all.

Chu Zhongye was once very confused. Can you get income like this? It was not until Zhao Zhi, the young supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to inspect and talk to him that he realized that the saint did not expect the imperial village to earn money for him.

The households in the imperial villages were mainly prisoners of war and orphans. For example, the Shahai Royal Village, the first batch of 112 teenagers were collected and were asked to settle in the imperial villages. They were raised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the beginning until they could support themselves.

The Shahai Royal Village is very large, and according to the 60 acres of land per household, five or six hundred households can be placed. Considering that some commons need to be left, as well as swamps, sandy land, etc., 300 households can be placed to the sky.

If nothing unexpected happens, these 112 teenagers will have 112 households in the future. In the future, 188 young men and girls will come to settle down, and their sources are already available - the King of Qin in Shu came to report, and there was a Manliao village community, and the tribe secretly helped Li Maozhen to defeat him and captured several Dingkou.

Minors are the most malleable. Whatever you teach them is what they are.

Of course there will be education in the imperial village. Teachers are ready-made, so just let students from the prefectures and counties take turns to attend classes.

With so many students, if they take turns, each person will not take up much time and they don’t even have to pay. - students at both the prefecture and county level, ranging from 40-80 students in the prefecture and county level (divided between upper, middle and lower state level), and 20-40 students in the county level, each person can receive some subsidies every month. The former is 200 coins and the latter is 100 coins.

This is a welfare benefit that ordinary counties, townships and townships cannot enjoy. The reason is also high-sounding, turning it into summer, being loyal to the emperor and patriotism.

Considering that the students are voluntarily attending classes, their sense of responsibility is mostly not very good, and these children in the imperial village probably won’t achieve much success in their studies. But the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not pursue this, and the teenagers don’t need to learn much, just be able to understand the writing.

When these children grow up, they are relatively good in terms of loyalty, just like the military officers and the Sixunate tribes in the Imperial Guard.

"Dou Tiao--" a sound of knocking sounded.

Chu Zhongye was suddenly startled and subconsciously thought that this was on the battlefield.

When the teenagers heard the sound of snatching, they immediately stopped their hands and divided the fire. The teams gathered and stood on the grass.

"Chufucheng." Several people came from afar, bowing and ceremonial to the leader.

"You are..." Chu Zhongye hesitated and asked when he saw this man wearing a helmet and armor, dressed in a warrior.

"Wu Zhiyu, the Yuhou of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, please see the Minister of the Ministry." Zhou Zhiyu bowed again and said.

Like the Yingtian Department, the Yuhou Department is also a first-level administrative agency under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The former is called the ruler, and the second rank is below the seventh rank. The latter is called Du Yuhou, and the second rank is above the seventh rank.

Under the capital, there are still several members of the guards, and the eighth rank is above the eighth rank - the posts are uncertain and they will increase or decrease at any time.

Chu Zhongye then remembered that Zhou Zhiyu was once a junior college student under Li Siben's tent. He surrendered with the chief general and was taken to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Mr. Zhou Yu." Chu Zhongye replied with a bow and asked, "But come and practice me?"

"Not all." Zhou Zhiyu replied: "Young people are weak and should not do heavy work for a long time, nor should they practice equipment for a long time. Today I will teach them to identify the golden drum flag."

This is military education, which is a bit similar to martial arts.

Shao Shude has been in charge of martial arts for many years and has trained countless students. The Tianxiong Army is a completely martial arts team. Except for the officers who were promoted to the ranks of the army because of their own courage, the rest of the rest, from the commanders, deputy team members, ten generals, commanders, and guards, almost all martial arts students.

There is no need to say much about the bravery of the martial arts students. In the battle of Feishui, the team that Zhu Yanshou had trained with all his efforts was defeated and lost. Many martial arts generals died on the spot, and the wounds were all on the front, so it was better for no one to escape.

In addition to the Tianxiong Army, there are also many military students and officers in each army, more or less.

Otherwise, even if you are the founders of the Daxia Imperial Army, you will be able to keep them from getting confused and not being confused. It would be impossible for you to use your arms and fingers like you.

There are more and more martial arts students, which is a process of accumulation, because every year there are graduates and new martial arts schools are often opened. The more time goes by, the larger the martial arts students, and Shao Shude likes to make investments like "being friends of time".

"Learn the knowledge of war formation at such a young age." Chu Zhongye sighed slightly: "Ten years later, we will be good soldiers."

Zhou Zhiyu said, "I surrendered to others. Before surrendering, I was still proud of my bravery and felt that the world was so great that I could go anywhere. Now I have only been surrendering for more than a year, but I realized that I had really been watching the sky in the well before."

He agreed with Chu Zhongye's point of view. Taking Shahai Royal Village as an example, ten years later, three hundred young people grew up and became adults. Even if three families were born, they could form a 100-person army. The ability of these 100 people is actually much stronger than that of ordinary Tutuan Township Fu.

If the court organizes it into an army and fights some wars, its combat effectiveness will not be poor. The most important thing is that there is no problem with loyalty, so use it with confidence.

Zhou Zhiyu also learned that the saints and the personal guards formed by the Five Palace Slave Division were not inferior to those of the imperial guards. The only flaw was probably that the combat experience was poor, and they were not professional warriors, and their real combat power could only be similar to that of the state army.

Zhou Zhiyu is very smart and knows that this is a check and balance.

Generally speaking, when a warrior rebelled, it is impossible for everyone to rebel. Often, a small group of people are provoking trouble, holding some people in hand, and most soldiers are watching from the wall, and no one helps, waiting for the result.

Many generals often cannot withstand the attacks of these rebel soldiers. For example, Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong, was unable to stop the rebellious army, resulting in his death. In fact, the rebellious army attacked the guard for a long time. If there was a unit coming to support at this time, the situation could be reversed, but unfortunately it was not.

After Wang Chongrong died, his brother Chongying killed the rebellious army and became the governor because most of the soldiers in the Hezhong had not participated in the rebellion, but were just watching from the wall.

Today, I have a lot of ideas.

Zhou Zhiyu smiled. Isn’t the guards’ personal army equivalent to the backyard army established by the Jiedushi, or the back tower army, or the like, it may not be reliable over time. But considering that they were born in the grassland, the rebels in that place were always noble people, and there were not many big-headed soldiers, and they were more slave-minded, so they should be more reliable.

However, the people from the Imperial Village are a bit similar to the "Yi'er" of the saint. Combining with the personal guards and soldiers should be very useful when saving lives. The saint may not need it, but the new emperor still wants it.

"Mr. Zhou Yu trained the children well. The sage is generous and kind, and he will reward you for your merits. He sees everything you do." Chu Zhongye said, "I still have to go to Fengze."

"Chufu Cheng will do it yourself." Zhou Zhiyu said.

Fengze is twenty miles south of Daliang's ancient city, extending south to the northern suburbs of Weishi County, sixty or seventy miles long. When Qin Xiaogong was domineering, he ordered his son Shaoguan to lead the princes to follow the emperor.

The former Tang Dynasty was renamed Pengchi, and it was renamed Fuyuanchi in Tianbao. It was banned from fishing and mining, and it was one of the royal forbidden places.

After the founding of the Great Xia Kingdom, it was renamed back to the ancient name Fengze, and along with the surrounding affiliated land, it was transferred to the Sinong Temple. It is now given to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will soon build an imperial village, which is one of the only three imperial villages in Bianzhou.
Chapter completed!