"Central China uses gameplay to enclose land, Guanzhong uses swords to seize the land, and our dynasty's method of not suppressing the merger is really wrong?"

In the imperial city of Xiangyang Prefecture, the 78-year-old Cai Jing frowned, his words full of desolation.

He felt a little cold now, but compared with him in history, I really don't know how much better it is.

Because he was replaced by the treacherous prime minister Ji Yi, he sat on the bench for many years in Jiangning Prefecture and was outside the Ji Yi Reform. Now no one regards him as the leader of the six thieves. His eldest son Cai You is still the priest of the official Zhao Huan! And he himself is trusted by the Supreme Supreme Zhao Ji, and is represented as the ambassador of the Jinghu Transportation Ambassador (the so-called Jinghu is the southwest road of Jinghu, and the north second road), and is actually the prime minister of the small court next to Zhao Ji.

Father and son served the two countries (Zhao Ji’s situation in Jinghu was actually an independent kingdom), and both became prime ministers, and this glory was rare in Chinese history.

"It is hard to say whether the method of annexation is right or wrong, but now it must be changed. The same is true here. Although Jiu Ge'er and Yue Fei brought back 20 million gold and silver, there are many people who pay! Zong Zi's army has more than 20,000 people, Yue's army has 6,000 people, Zong's army has about 10,000 people, and Han Xiaozhou has 20,000 people. There are also some miscellaneous soldiers, which together are no less than 70,000. If you pay these 70,000 people, you will not be able to get millions a year? Now, the two and a half-way territory of Jinghu Lake can afford it? How long can it last with the support of 20 million? And the army that takes money to work hard is unreliable, otherwise how could I fall to the current level?"

The troops led by Han Xiaozhou and Zong Ze were disarmed and released to the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. Their arrival also means that the semi-independent Jingchu government had a basis for force.

But this foundation is not consolidated, because the 70,000 troops under Zhao Ji are all mercenaries, which require a lot of money to support and are easy to turn against each other. To make them devote themselves to their loyalty, they must firmly fix it on the land!

Therefore, the reform of "suppressing annexation, equalizing the land, and carrying out the government" is also related to life and death for the Jingchu regime.

In addition to Cai Jing, there are also Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Yu Shen, Cai Chong (son of Cai Jing), and Cai Tao (son of Cai Jing), who are all the most trusted civil officials Zhao Ji in Xiangyang.

"The land of Jingchu is pretty good. There are large areas of paddy fields on Jinghu North Road in Jiangbei, which are fertile and rich, which is incomparable to the Central Plains. Jinghu South Road in Jiangnan is larger and has a sparse population, and a large area of ​​land is occupied by Jingman."

Cai Chong took over the topic and talked about the land situation in the north and south of Jinghu. Although Cai Jing was responsible for the "prime minister", he was old and stupid after all. In fact, the two sons Cai Chong and Cai Tao were in charge of politics.

In the view of "Er Cai", there are still many places where Jingchu are sparsely populated and fertile, and there is no need to "compete for land with the people" on the Jianghan Plain.

"If the troops in the palace could be placed there, they would kill two birds with one stone. They could not only raise soldiers, but also expand land. They would not offend the scholars and officials in the Jianghan area..."

"Haha," Zhao Ji smiled, "Zong Zijun, Han family army, Zong family army, Yue family army, or is the literati of Jianghan who are dead?"

Of course it was Zong Zijun, Han family army, Zong family army, Yue family army was dead...

A man holding a knife in his hands is really deadly!

What can the scholar-officials in the Jianghan period be like? At most, I will write articles to criticize Zhao Ji for being stupid and incompetent.

Moreover, there is no "peach garden" for scholars and officials in the world. The area of ​​the Zhou Dynasty was enclosed, the Western Song Dynasty was enclosed, and the thirteen states in the east were united...

If the scholars and officials in Jingchu were not satisfied, they would not even have the chance to vote for another wise leader!

Wang Fu echoed Zhao Ji and said, "It's better to use Jingchu's raw land to supplement the familiar land of the scholars and officials of Jianghan."

There are raw and mature land!

The so-called raw land is a wild land that has not been reclaimed. And the mature land is of course a reclaimed land.

The value of the two is not the same thing!

For the "Jingchu Palace" of the New Zhou, Eastern Song and Zhao Ji, there are many raw places!

But the value is not very high, at least it is not very high at present.

Because the cost of reclaiming raw land is very high, a lot of manpower and material resources are needed to eliminate vegetation, build roads and houses, dig ditches, and of course, it is necessary to educate or clear the barbarians on the raw land.

In addition, there are many miasma on the raw land in the south, and immigration and settlement costs a lot of life.

The raw areas in the north are bitter and cold, which will cause people to die. Therefore, the development area of ​​the Great Zhou Republic in Liaodong is mainly limited to the Liaohe River Basin. It is a semi-cooked land that has been developed by the Liao Kingdom for nearly two hundred years, so it is easy to develop.

The main responsibility of the government soldiers is to join the army and fight, not to reclaim wasteland. If they are placed on the wild land of Jingchu, will they still be considered as being a soldier?

Moreover, the investment in developing wilderness is quite large. Do those soldiers still have extra financial resources to bear military service?

"But there are many strong clans in the Jianghan area," Cai Tao said. "If they are forced to move them, they will be afraid that the clan thieves will cause chaos and threaten the root of Xiangyang."

Yu Shen shook his head and said, "How can the Jianghan strong clans threaten Xiangyang? The new army of 70,000 to 80,000 in Xiangyang is really powerful! But we don't have to suppress them blindly. They can divide and disintegrate and give them to some of the clans as hereditary places in Jingnan. They can also allow them to train their own clan soldiers and bring their own equipment."

His method was to practice feudalism in the "birth place" or "half-life place" on Jinghu South Road.

In fact, the Song Dynasty was not completely bureaucratic, and there were also feudal elements. For example, the Zhe family in the northwest Fulin and the Yang family in the southwest Bozhou were all hereditary feudal foundations.

He paused and added: "There are also many powerful clans on the south road of Jinghu. Those who can win over can also be enfeoffed... Each clan has territory and status, and will not be enemies with the Supreme One.

After appeaseing these powerful sects, the rest will be easier. Can you really dare to fight against the 70,000 or 80,000 strong soldiers of the Supreme One?"

"Where is the official system? Where is the scholars selected?"

Cai Jing, who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked two questions. When everyone heard this, they secretly admired it in their hearts.

Although Cai Jing is old, his mind is still very clear!

The land issue is one, and the issue of taking the official system of scholars is also one.

Only when all are settled can the situation of Jingchu separatist rule be maintained for a long time. Otherwise, the Jingchu regime could only rely on seven or eight military households to conduct military control. In short, it is an unearthly regime.

Zhao Ji said: "The Northern Zhou Dynasty is a way to combine the school's recruitment of scholars and the electoral of citizens. The school's recruitment of scholars is a bit similar to the imperial examination, while the electoral of citizens is similar to the electoral of recommendation. The two origins can be transformed into each other, and they are still very active. The same is true for Saburo, but the authoritarianism in the local area is more important. I just don't know how Guanzhong does it?"

Then I started thinking about plagiarism...

"It seems that the imperial examination is still needed in Guanzhong," Cai Jing said, "but now the military men in Guanlong are domineering, and the scholars and officials are unable to achieve their ambitions."

"We can conduct imperial examinations in Guanzhong, but we cannot enroll in imperial examinations and win scholars." Liang Shicheng reminded, "Unless the Taishang is restored in Xiangyang..."

Zhao Ji sighed, "That's all divided into three... How can this be between father and son? I'd better continue to be the Supreme One. Only by being the Supreme One can we isolate the eldest brother and the third brother."

"The Supreme Holy Spirit."

The ministers were slung on their mouths, but they were a little nervous.

When Zhao Ji is alive, they can naturally hold up the banner of the Supreme Emperor high and stay in Xiangyang for free.

But the Supreme Emperor is gone? Who will belong to Jingchu?

Official Zhao Huan, King Kang Zhao Gou, or Zhao Kai from the southeast? I'm afraid there is a fight that is inevitable?

Zhao Ji continued: "If you can't do the imperial examination, you can rebuild the civil and military school in Xiangyang and select the vassals of Jingchu and the intelligent children of the army to enroll."

"What should I do if the path to promotion in a poor family?" Cai Jing asked again.

Of course, the poor family did not refer to the poor family who were so poor that they could not make trouble, but to the landlord-class intellectuals who were not from official families. During the Tang Dynasty, poor families referred to the non-genius family.

The "path of rising poor families" that began in the Song Dynasty was actually a picture of promotion of landlord intellectuals.

Of course, it is indeed progressive to break the monopoly of a clan by allowing intellectuals from non-official households to enter the government and become officials through the exam.

But the question is...who goes to the army to fight?

In the era of the gentry family, fighting soldiers was the main channel for the rise of poor families. At that time, there were two ways: "reincarnation as an official" and "establishing meritorious service". However, in the Song Dynasty, the path of "reincarnation as an official" was a little narrower, but it was not cancelled. The path of "establishing meritorious service" was greatly compressed, and "establishing meritorious service" replaced "establishing meritorious service".

Of course, this substitution is not complete. Because there were no scholars in the Song Dynasty, scholars would not be rewarded if they could not pass the Jinshi exam. Moreover, the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were not divided into the north and south rankings and did not engage in regional balance. Therefore, Hedong, Hebei and Shaanxi along the north are always the top three in the imperial examinations.

For the landlord class elites in Hedong, Hebei and Shaanxi, the way to achieve success is more realistic than relying on the imperial examination. That is why there will be the Western Army, and there will be a Hebei hero like Yue Fei. If Yue Fei can have a scholar and a scholar's fame, what kind of traditional martial arts can he practice? What kind of army can he go from?

Zhao Ji smiled bitterly: "Now it is a chaotic period of the Warring States Period. A real man should join the army and kill people. Can he read poetry and books to stop the thieves in the east of Zhou? If we can, we will not wander around Jingchu.

Therefore, it is better to join the army to rise in poor families! The farms we granted are one hundred acres, which are indivisible and cannot be traded, and must be linked to military service. However, 100,000 or 80,000 households with 10,000 acres are enough. The land of the Jianghan River is vast, and it is estimated that one-third of them cannot be used. The remaining fields are considered private land, but private land is also allowed to join the army... If there are hundreds of acres, a military farm can be established, which is still private land, but you can enjoy the treatment of military households, and the head of the household or his children can join the army. As long as they are children of military households, they will be given preferential treatment, and the smart ones can rise.
Chapter completed!