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Chapter 403 Who has the money, who supports the soldiers [Chapter 1]

The five armies of Zhang Wen and the five armies collapsed too suddenly, and they did not give Dong Zhuo a chance to retreat. They were trapped in the north of Wangyuan by Bian Zhang. Xu Rong then led five thousand young cavalry out of the Ganlang Valley, which attracted Han Sui's great attention and sent three thousand troops to station in Lintao City.

Three thousand soldiers could not really stop Dong Buyicon from coming out. These soldiers were arranged just for early warning, so that Han Sui would not be stabbed by Dong Buyicon without any preparation. However, time is a knife, and the most important thing is that Han Sui, Ma Teng and others were defeated.

A sudden outbreak of yelling at the sky in Lintao City. Three thousand "Lintao" soldiers and five or six thousand soldiers fought for half a day. In the end, less than a thousand people fled to Didao. When they encountered Zhang Liao halfway, Xu Huang, the remaining troops of "Lintao" and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang gathered together, turned around and rushed towards Lintao again. After learning the news, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others led less than five thousand troops to drill into the mountains. Thousands of slaves in the farmland were also thrown to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.

More than 100,000 people were defeated. Even though the Taoshui Valley was on both sides, most of the defeated soldiers would instinctively run along the flat valley bottom, which was easier to be captured and captured by countless Dongbuyicons, but many people still climbed up the mound and fled in scattered places.

Cattle, sheep and horses can also climb the mound, but if it is a mound with a larger slope, it is not as fast as a two-legged person. It will take half a month to capture all of these defeated soldiers. Even so, some people may not be able to catch them in their lifetime, but there are very few such defeated soldiers. Dong Buyicon, who has more cavalry, will be captured under a large-scale arrest, and 99% of the defeated soldiers will be captured.

Han Sui and Ma Teng did not expect that Huangfu Song would suddenly withdraw troops from Shangbi County. Dong Hu did not expect that, as Han Sui and others thought, even if they did not attack more than 100,000 rebels with tens of thousands of Dong Buyi, they should take advantage of the emptiness of Ji County and take down the political center of Liangzhou in one fell swoop, and establish a frontier position for the three servants of Chang'an. As for Dong Hu's official position as "Governor of Liangzhou"... the court can be appointed, so naturally it can be dismissed.

Existence is reasonable. Dong Hu did not expect Huangfu Song to withdraw his troops suddenly, but afterwards, he also vaguely realized the reason for the sudden withdrawal of the Han soldiers. The biggest reason was that there was a major change in the Luoyang court. Compared with the safety of the whole world, the gains and losses of Liangzhou were nothing at all!

The reason why Huangfu Song could retreat in such a way that he ignored the interests of the court was only because of "two evils and powers to take the least". Dong Hu secretly speculated that it was likely that Emperor Liu Hong died of illness, so he had to give up the interests of Liangzhou, but he did not tell anyone about his guess. The emperor would die if he died. Anyway, it would not have any impact on him in a short period of time. On the contrary, because of Huangfu Song's retreat, he could get a complete Liangzhou, and he also needed to take the opportunity to determine his status in Liangzhou.

Perhaps he was really tired. It was not until midnight that he yawned to the front yard, holding a large wooden bowl without any image. There were two or three hundred elderly people in front of the front yard hall, all of which were snow-white-haired, and the front yard was similar to the vegetable market.

"The king is here--"

Dong Hu turned his head and looked at his adopted son Dong Sizhong, and then looked at the armored generals. Seeing that they were not abnormal, he sighed in his heart, but said nothing. He walked to the silent crowd with a big wooden bowl and sat casually on the wooden chair on the stone steps. Perhaps it was too late to make a serious wooden chair, Dong Sizhong made a Hu bed as a chair stool.

"We are a little cold-hearted. You can live to this day when the thieves ravaged Liangzhou and live to this day, which means that you are all prestigious elders. If you are not polite to you, you should not be too reserved. Just sit down."

Dong Hu raised the wooden bowl in his hand and signaled that he did not regard them as outsiders. After the old men clasped their fists and sang "promise", they all sat on the grass dumplings.

"You are all from Longxi, and we are also from Longxi. Please come here today. There are several main things to discuss."

"The first thing is farming. It's just mid-April. Now we can still harvest a line of beans by farming. We will distribute seeds at 20 kilograms per person (actually 10 kilograms). This matter is the most urgent and must be carried out as soon as possible."

"The second thing is the reconstruction of villages. The thieves ravaged the entire Liangzhou, and the original villages were completely destroyed and needed reconstruction. You are all old people from Didao or other counties in Longxi County, and they are also familiar with the original villages."

Hululu took a big mouthful of food...

"In principle, if there were originally villages, a village should be rebuilt there. Why should this be done? The reason is that only places where farming fields can be built, but now we have fewer people. Our opinion is that villages near cities should be preferred, and villages with more farming fields should be preferred. Of course, if some people insist on returning to the original villages to cultivate, we will not object."

"The third thing... in principle, all the fields in Liangzhou belong to us..."

"Tiger King, my Zhang family's fields..."

"All confiscated!"

Dong Hu was not polite, and his words caused a stir in an instant...

"quiet--"

Dong Sizhong shouted suddenly, and the buzzing sound disappeared instantly. Dong Hu then placed the wooden bowl on the small table in front of him and looked at everyone one by one.

"Liangzhou's thalassin poverty is poor, and people are poor, and people are easily in chaos. Each of you is a member of the rebellion and rebellion."

Everyone was trembling and uneasy, and Dong Hu glanced at him with a cold face.

"We just said that Liangzhou people are cold-hearted and have been in turmoil for several years. Liangzhou has starved to death and countless people have been killed. But the old and weak-hearted can survive until now. This only shows that your status among the rebels is respectful. All of them are the patriarchs and clan leaders of the families and villages of Liangzhou, and they must also own countless fields, cattle and sheep."

"If you must get your own fields back, or you want this general to recognize the ownership of your fields..."

"Can!"

"This General can recognize your ownership of the original land, as long as you still retain the original land deed."

"but!"

"You must agree to this general's several conditions!"

An old man stood up and his hair was combed meticulously. Although he was a little poorly dressed, just by looking at his demeanor, Dong Hu knew that this person was a prominent family.

"Jiang Kuan, Hanyang County, has met Lord Zhou Mu. How dare you ask Lord Zhou Mu what requests do we need to agree to?"

Dong Hu nodded and said, "First, the rent of the land shall not exceed 30%; second, the land shall not be deserted. If it is not natural disasters or man-made disasters or when the fields are closed and fattened, the land shall be desolate for a year, and the punishment shall be imposed on 50% of the output of the deserted land, and then 10% shall be imposed on each year of desolation; third, if a household exceeds five hectares of land, one person shall be issued as a soldier, and the family must bear all the expenses for the soldier."

Dong Hu looked at the old man whose face changed drastically, with a serious look on his face.

"As long as the elders and you all agree to the conditions of this general, as long as you take out the land deed, the land will be yours!"

Another old man stood up and bowed with fists.

"Mr. Zhou Mu, you are in vaining the laws of the court..."

“Bold!”

Dong Sizhong shouted again, Dong Hu frowned slightly, waved his hand, and Dong Sizhong bowed and retreated aside.

"In vain the laws of the court... When you rebel, why didn't you think of the laws of the court? Now that I have chopped down your heads, are you following the laws of the court?"

...

"Let's talk about it. Liangzhou's sturgeons are poor, and people are poor. They are poor and eat soil. How can they not rebel? There is not much output on the fields, and 70% of the families collect rent. How can the people become rich? Once there is a little natural disaster, how can Liangzhou not be in chaos?"

"Three percent of the rent is the basis for raising the people and enriching the people. Food is the most important thing for people... You are all famous elders of the major families in Liangzhou, and the land occupied by the families must be fertile fields in various places. If such fertile fields are deserted, that is a crime!"

"Bang!"

Dong Hu was furious, and the audience was silent...

"snort!"

"As for the third condition, it involves our affairs with the military soldiers."

"In principle, every family of five should be given 50 acres of land. Ten households means five acres of land. In other words, ten households need to take out one person as a soldier, and the expenses required for this soldier are all paid by ten households."

"Whether ten households, five households or one household, these are not important. What is important is the number of land owned by five hectares of land. Anyone who owns five hectares of land must supply one soldier. The land in the soldier's home, and the family will be responsible for the care of each soldier."

After hearing this, all the generals were shocked. Dong Hu's words had changed the current military farming system of Dong Buyicon, but everyone just looked at each other and nodded silently.

The previous Dong Buyi's military farming soldiers were more like a wartime system, and everyone was a soldier, otherwise it would be impossible for hundreds of thousands of people to support one or two hundred thousand soldiers, but this was just a special situation.

The Han Dynasty's compulsory military service system, calculating taxes and taxes are all taxes of the nation. These taxes are to ensure the normal operation of the army. Dong Buyi also provides support to soldiers from all the people in the wartime economy. However, this wartime state makes everyone not much autonomy. What Dong Hu is talking about now is actually the system of military troops.

Later, the system of government troops was that each of the six households had more than three-tenths of the family to support one soldier. At first, perhaps these six households had enough land to support one soldier, but when there were too many people and too few land, there was no way to support one soldier. In addition, there was no reward for so many fields, and the government soldiers gradually collapsed. Now Dong Hu changed the rules and did not rely on how many households to support soldiers, but based on the number of fields. This practice was somewhat similar to the conscription of the Roman Empire.

The peak of the Roman Empire was an empire that was even larger than that of the Han Dynasty, but at the peak of the Roman Empire, there were only 300,000 soldiers. The reason why they had such a few soldiers was closely related to their elite soldiers. However, there is a fact that cannot be ignored. The Romans could only serve as soldiers, and only when their wealth reached a certain amount of money could be citizens. It can also be said that the elite soldiers of the Romans were supported by a group of rich people, and now, Dong Hu was the same. People without fields could be soldiers, but they must be supported by wealthy families with "five hundred acres" of fields!
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