Chapter 536: Prepare for the future and prevent problems before they happen

According to Zhang Zhun's estimate, the third invasion of the Tartars would definitely be greatly damaged by the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. After the second invasion last year, the productivity of the northern part of the Ming Dynasty had not yet recovered. In addition, the weather has been drought, and the grain harvest has become a foregone conclusion. Even those who survived by chance must consider whether they can survive this difficult winter. The court's disaster relief ability is like its combat effectiveness, and there is no need to count on it.

Their own food supply is insufficient, the government's disaster relief is not effective, and the Tartars may arrive. In the northern part of the Ming Dynasty, there is a very likely wave of refugees. The direction of the wave of refugees can only be toward south and to cross the Yellow River. Henan has just been ravaged by war, so don't expect the local refugees to accept. Only Shandong is relatively stable for the time being, especially the three western prefectures in Shandong.

Once a large number of refugees pour into Shandong, it will inevitably bring huge food pressure to Shandong. With Zhu Dadian's personality, these refugees must be driven to Zhang Zhun's territory. Zhang Zhun does need a large amount of labor to enrich Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture. Therefore, he will not refuse these refugees to arrive. Gao Hongtu made a preliminary estimate that about 500,000 refugees may arrive in Denglai Prefecture, and the Hu Ben Army needs a large amount of food to help them.

The bumper harvest of grain in October was for this. In addition to the tax on 40 kilograms of rice per mu, Zhang Zhun also ordered that more grain be purchased as much as possible and reserved for unexpected needs. According to the relevant laws of the Hu Ben Army, grain cannot be bought and sold freely, and can only be sold to the country. In other words, it is sold to the Hu Ben Army. Anyone who violates such a law will be severely punished.

The purchase price of grain offered by the Hu Ben Army cannot be higher than the market price, but it will not be much lower. It is optimistic that one million stones of grain should be able to purchase one million stones. According to one or two cents of silver per stone, it will cost 1.2 million taels of silver. Of course, the Hu Ben Army cannot take out so much silver. However, everything can be adapted, right? The Hu Ben Army has resources that can be exchanged for grain.

Zhang Zhun designed an interesting contribution value system. Contributions are not only available in the army, but also ordinary people. As long as you do something that is beneficial to the Hu Ben Army, you will get a contribution value. For the time being, calculate it based on one or two silver dollars per contribution value. Selling grain to the farmers of the Hu Ben Army, everyone can obtain the corresponding contribution value based on the price of the food. This contribution value can be used to exchange for special titles (different from military merit titles), can be used to exchange mines, or even forest land, lakes, sea areas, etc.

For example, Chen Guoxi's family sold twenty stones of grain to the Hu Ben Army, and could obtain a total of twenty-four points of contribution. According to the preliminary setting of the contribution value, he could use it to exchange for a piece of forest land to develop forestry, or exchange it for a pond to raise fish. The forest land and pond are all conducted through public auction bidding. Whoever contributes the highest contribution value will get ownership of the forest land and pond.

For example, one or two people cannot buy a large lake or a good mine, but a few people can unite to make up enough contribution value, and then work together to buy the lake and mine. Foreigners can also buy these industries. However, they must hand over the silver to the relevant departments of the Hu Ben Army and exchange it for contribution value. It is not possible to buy it directly with the silver.

Why don’t people use silver to buy these forest land, ponds, lakes and mines directly? There are some considerations here. If you buy it directly with silver, Zhang Zhun will not be able to control it. After all, the amount of silver is constant. Zhang Zhun has great skills and cannot forcefully increase the number of silver. Just like gold, silver is also a hard currency, and it is impossible to increase suddenly in the short term.

However, the contribution value is just a numerical value. When necessary, Zhang Zhun can do things. This contribution value is like the banknotes of later generations, which is just a kind of credit currency. How much is issued and how much is recovered is controlled by the ruler. Of course, these involve core secrets, which ordinary people will never know. For the sake of their own future, Zhang Zhun will not use contribution value to mess around.

The advantage of having a contribution value is that in the internal control area of ​​the Hu Ben Army, contribution value can be used to gradually replace traditional currencies such as gold, silver, and copper coins. Generally, internal transactions are carried out through contribution value. Traditional currencies such as gold, silver, and copper coins obtained by the Hu Ben Army can be gradually concentrated and stored as a backup. They are only used during foreign exchanges.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this contribution value is the Baochao that was once issued by the Ming Dynasty, which is a kind of banknote. The commercial trade in the Ming Dynasty was very prosperous, and there was a basis for issuing banknotes. It was just that the rulers were eager for quick success and instant benefits, and ignored economic laws and forced the Baochao to be disabled. The people of the Ming Dynasty were very resistant to Baochao. Of course, Zhang Zhun would not do such a stupid thing.

The reason why we use contribution values ​​instead of using paper money to issue them directly is also because of the people's resistance to treasure money. If Zhang Zhun issues paper money now, someone might protest immediately, and even a piece of paper money should not be used. The people really hate the previous treasure money.

If you change a vest and put on a noun like contribution value, and then let the propaganda department promote it with great fanfare. When the Tartars come, everyone wants to contribute to the Hu Ben Army, etc., so that the essence of issuing paper money can be effectively covered up. After everyone gradually gets used to the contribution value trading, it will be natural to slowly turn the contribution value into paper money.

Of course, this is the ideal situation. After all, Zhang Zhun is not a currency expert, and it is impossible to ensure that no problems occur. Therefore, his plan is to take a step by step and take a step. At present, there is only the transaction with the Hu Ben Army, which forces the contribution value system to use. For other transactions, continue to use traditional currencies. Take a multi-pronged approach and see the results.

"Sir, the battle report sent by Laiyang!"

Staff Officer Ye Longxin arrived in a hurry and sent information from the front line.

Laiyang was successfully conquered, and the incense-smelling scholars trapped in Laiyang were either beaten to death or captured alive, and only a very small number of people fled. According to preliminary statistics, the Hu Ben Army wiped out a total of about 30,000 incense-smelling scholars. However, Yang Zhiyuan regretfully reported a big problem, that is, Wang Yilun disappeared. Since the Hu Ben Army surrounded Laiyang, there was no trace of Wang Yilun.

At present, the various troops of the Hu Ben Army that were encircled and suppressed the Winter Scent Sect have cut off the relationship between Laiyang and Qixia. All the remaining Winter Scent Sect members are blocked in Qixia. Xu Qingluan and Dong Shuyan are among them. If the two of them escape without makeup, they will definitely not be able to escape from the palm of the Hu Ben Army. The number of Winter Scent Sect members in Qixia is about 10,000, and they are definitely not opponents of the Hu Ben Army.

Immediately after the Hu Ben Army, the Ministry of Government concentrated manpower, material resources and financial resources to launch a land-division movement in Laiyang, and distributed a large amount of land to the hands of local people. At the same time, it increased publicity efforts and analyzed the scam of the Winking Sect. In order to free Laiyang from the Winking Sect's control as soon as possible, Zhang Shenyan also personally went to Laiyang to cooperate with the previous work of Liu Baoyu, Hou Shanping, Yang Liren and others.

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Considering that Laiyang is under the jurisdiction of Laizhou Prefecture and the public base here is quite good, it is difficult for Wang Yilun and others to escape from Laizhou Prefecture. Therefore, Wang Yilun is very likely to have run to Qixia and prepare to gather the remaining fragrant-smelling scholars, and trapped beasts are still fighting. Qixia is different from Laiyang. There are more mountainous areas around Qixia, with high mountains and dense forests and numerous caves, which is more conducive to hiding.

"Search carefully!"

"I want to see people in my life, and I want to see corpses in my life!"

"We must discover Wang Yilun's whereabouts!"

Zhang Zhun calmly gave instructions.

Ye Longxin quickly recorded the record and then arranged for the communications association to send the order out.

A moment later, the staff from the General Staff came again. It turned out that the information sent by Ma Yi arrived.

After reading the information, Zhang Zhun rarely stood up and walked. Ma Yi's information mainly reported the situation of a large number of natives heading south to Shenyang, and speculated that the Tartars were most likely to attack in winter. From Ma Yi's information, what Zhang Zhun felt was not the strengthening of the Tartars' troops, nor the time when the Tartars were about to launch a military operation, but the Tartars' determination.

In order to invade this time, Huang Taiji even summoned the natives of Sakhalin Island.

What kind of painful spirit is this?

Damn it!

Sakhalin Island!

Sakhalin Island is at least a few thousand kilometers away from Shenyang!

In order to invade this time, Huang Taiji mobilized even the natives of Sakhalin Island. It can be seen how determined he had made. Zhang Zhun could see Huang Taiji's gritting face through Ma Yi's intelligence. In order to avenge a revenge, Huang Taiji might have really made his promise this time. If he didn't kill him, Zhang Zhun and rescue Dorgon and Duoduo from Dengzhou City, I'm afraid Huang Taiji would never give up.

In fact, Zhang Zhun was not very concerned about the combat effectiveness of these indigenous peoples. When the indigenous people on Sakhalin Island came to Shenyang, it would be next summer. Therefore, at most, only half of the indigenous people who could join the battle were called. The problem is that even the indigenous people on Sakhalin Island were called, which shows that Huang Taiji's appeal is quite strong. The imperial seal played a role at this time. It united people's hearts and enhanced appeal.

The arrival of a large number of indigenous people will also increase the morale of the Tartars. Morality seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the troops, and no one will ignore this. A unit without morale, no matter how well equipped it is, is still a gulf, and can only be the role of the transport brigade leader. Just look at the fate of Chang Kaishen. The Ming army now is basically this role. On the contrary, no matter how simple the equipment is, as long as the morale is high, you can still win battles. This can be referred to the Red Army in various periods.

To be fair, every time the Tartars were in battle, the morale of the Tartars was still quite high. In terms of equipment, the Tartars were no match for the Ming army at all. When the wild boar skin started, there were only thirteen pairs of armor, which was so poor that they were so poor. In terms of the number of people, the total population of Jianlu was less than the population of a single prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. In terms of cultural level, the various slave chiefs of Jianlu could not catch up with the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty. What they said to be familiar with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was not actually read, but heard from the story.

It was just such a group of people who repeatedly defeated the Ming Dynasty, which was really sad.

"Xiao Lu!"

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted.

"arrive!"

Lu Yidian outside the door hurried in.

"Go and call Zhang Haibin."

Zhang Zhun said.

Lu Yidian agreed to go.

The structure of the Hu Ben Army Grand Governor's Office is a bit like a hexagonal star on the military flag. The five departments under the Grand Governor's Office, the Military Affairs Department, the Government Affairs Department, the Finance Department, the Law Department, and the Work Department, are all on duty here. There is a department in each corner, and there is a corner empty for the moment. Each corner of the hexagonal star actually covers a large area. Anyway, there are places in Zhaojiatun, and it is just that it continues to expand northward.

In the middle of the hexagonal star, there is Zhang Zhun's office. The distance from each department to Zhang Zhun's office is equal. This is also the requirement of the original design. This seems to show an attitude of not distinguishing each other. No matter which department people are from, it is very convenient and very fast to go to Zhang Zhun to report and ask for instructions.

In this hexagonal star building, what Zhang Zhun is most concerned about is actually the Ministry of Military Affairs. After all, when power comes from the gun, the army must be firmly grasped in his hands at any time. Therefore, the position of the Ministry of Military Affairs is to be at the top corner of the hexagonal star, that is, the building on the northmost side.

The military affairs department of the Hu Ben Army is still relatively large, including the General Staff Department, Equipment Department, Logistics Department, Injury and Retirement Department, Maoyan Department, etc. Each department has its own duty room. In addition to each department, there is also a dedicated coordinated Military Commission office. Among them, the most core department is of course the General Staff Department.

Based on the knowledge of later generations, Zhang Zhun first set up the staff's stand and then slowly improved it. At any time, the staff had special personnel on duty. After establishing the staff, Zhang Zhun enriched the staff structure of the staff. In addition to Ye Longxin and Yang Qiufeng, he also added a staff officer Gong Bing. At the same time, there were more than a dozen other quick-witted staff interns.

Mo Ru is actually a good staff officer. He knows how to calculate and understand some basic geometric principles. If he gets to the General Staff, as long as he is pointed out by Zhang Zhun, he will definitely be an expert in surveying and mapping. Unfortunately, Mo Ru doesn't like being a staff officer. Well, or rather, he doesn't want to be a pure staff officer at the General Staff. He is more willing to stay in the artillery.

The General Staff itself has a special communications association, with a total of 300 people, mainly used to be responsible for the transmission of orders. This will facilitate Zhang Zhun to give instructions at any time. As long as the order is reached, the General Staff will quickly send people to convey. In this way, the snipers around Zhang Zhun do not need to perform frequent communication tasks.

Of course, when encountering special things, Zhang Zhun would ask the people around him to take action. In fact, since horses and riders are mainly used on the battlefield, there are currently only less than 30 people in the Communications Association of the General Staff. However, the current General Staff of the Hu Ben Army does not have much order to be conveyed, and it can temporarily meet the needs.

When the General Staff was established, Zhang Haibin happened to arrive. The purpose of his arrival was to report the construction of Weihaiwei Army Port, as well as to summarize the Navy's previous stage of combat, and to report the Navy's main combat plans for the future stage.

The construction of Weihaiwei has already taken a general prototype. The number of berths at the wharf has been gradually increased to fifteen, which can basically accommodate the current Hu Ben Army warships docked in turn. Other facilities are under active construction. The Hu Ben Army warships starting from Weihaiwei Port can effectively control the exit of the Bohai Bay. At the same time, warships began to secretly sail eastward to test the movements of the Korean navy.

At present, the connection between Liaodong and Dengzhou City has been completely cut off. The warships of the Hu Ben Navy began to harass the coast of Liaodong and put pressure on the Tatars in Liaodong. The Tatars and rebels in Dengzhou City could not obtain any supplies. However, the governors of Dongjiang Town and Denglai stored a large amount of food here, so the food of the Tatars is still safe for the time being.

After Dorgon and Duoduo arrived in Dengzhou City, they quickly drove all the residents to Liaodong. Now it seems that they have really been a mistake. Otherwise, with so many people, there would be no food enough to consume, and only people can eat people. Once people can eat people, the Tartars would not last long. At the same time, in order to save these people, the Hu Ben Army had to launch a strong attack.

"Sir, I'm here!"

Zhang Haibin appeared soon and said loudly.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Zhang Zhun nodded and asked him to come in.

"We took the boat, and it wasn't very hard to delay the road."

Zhang Haibin said with a smile.

This is the truth. The navy does have such convenience. If you ride a horse from Weihaiwei Port to Fushan City, it will take at least two days to bump into your butt. During the last meeting, Yang Zixuan and Yang Zhiyuan were in trouble. However, taking a boat is different. Although the speed of taking a boat is not very fast, it is very comfortable. Getting on a boat in Weihaiwei and getting off at Fushan City is that simple.

"I'm looking for you to arrange some of your Navy's work."

Zhang Zhun said straight to the point.
Chapter completed!