Han Shizu

When the camp system was mentioned, everyone's first reaction was to think of the "camp field system" that had been implemented in the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years, and many generals frowned subconsciously.

What is Yingtian? Simply put, it is a low-cost production organization model organized by the government.Needless to say, its benefits include resettling refugees and restoring production. During the Unification War, military and civilian villages in various places provided the imperial court with a large amount of food and combat supplies.

This was an income that the imperial court had been unable to part with for more than 20 years. Although it adapted to the development of the times and continued to reduce the burden on farmers, it was not until ten years after the opening of the treasure that the farm system was truly, comprehensively and completely abolished.

Although the civilian villages were abolished, the military villages still continued. In all areas of the Han Dynasty, farming and animal husbandry work was carried out in the camp mode.However, it was renamed as a type of border guarding and training tasks, and the labor intensity was greatly reduced, as well as regular rotations. In this way, there were no complaints or even frequent riots like there were from the end of Qianyou to the beginning of the beginning.

Therefore, border military garrison is still an important supplement to the military supply of soldiers on all frontiers. Close to the imperial court's food and salary allocation and the meager output of border counties, the cost is still too high.

In the final analysis, the camp-field system is only an emergency measure under a special background and environment. It will inevitably breed conflicts and create problems in the long run.However, in the early stages of implementation, it was miraculous in resettling refugees and restoring production, and it was often used to rebuild the country.

Considering the current difficulties Anxi is facing, it is understandable that Liu Min would like to solve it through camp.After all, if you want to maintain the daily supply for Anxi's military and civilians, it is an inevitable choice to tap yourself and carry out large-scale production and development activities when it is difficult to rely on external support. As long as there is more agricultural and animal husbandry output, the problem will still be solved.

It stands to reason that Anxi is more suitable for farming due to its post-war depletion and urgent need for recuperation. However, it is also undeniable that the situation in Anxi cannot be treated according to common sense.

In fact, Anxi currently has no military-civilian foundation for implementing the camp system.Take the army as an example. The composition of the Anxi army is mainly composed of the northwest frontier army, regiment training and the recruited Hu tribesmen. Among them, except for the Hu people who work for money, the rest are more in response to the call of the imperial court. Use swords as plowshares to open up the Western Region.

They came to Anxi, on the one hand, to gain fame and wealth, but on the other hand, they were simply forced by military orders and did not dare to disobey them.But no matter what the reason is, coming to Anxi to farm and graze is never among their options, because most of them are property owners in China and basically have their own land and real estate. Why do they want to farm? Want to choose to stay in Anxi?

In the early years, Liu Min also tried it. It was after the Battle of Qiuci. After the Han army swept south of the Tianshan Mountains, considering the difficulty of transporting materials and military supplies to the imperial court, Liu Min tried to have the army protect him on the spot. Farming in the water basins of Shui and Toshgan rivers caused a lot of complaints among the army at that time. As the war against the Black Khanate continued, it was finally stopped.

It is conceivable that if the governor's office brings up farming again, the attitude of Anxi soldiers will probably still be resistant, even more intense than before.The feudal state has been decided, and it will be a matter of time before Anxi is carved out. In addition, the news that the imperial court has stopped the Western Expedition has spread. How many of the [-] Anxi soldiers are willing to stay with the Governor's Mansion here? Farming and grazing, this is obviously an unknown.

From a people's perspective, regardless of whether Hu Han is willing to move from the country to Anxi, the goal is frankly for profit, which is more benefits than at home.According to the camp system, most of the output from labor must be turned over to the government. This is precisely because not many people are willing to stay in Anxi and work for the governor's office.

If you are destined to be exploited, at least you still have your hometown and clan in the country. Why do you have to come all the way to Anxi to have enough to eat?After finally recruiting these citizens, how could the Governor's Office force them away.

And if we maintain the current loose and benign tax level, we only need to maintain the status quo. There is no need to engage in concentrated farming. It will only disrupt the government-citizen-land tax relationship that has already been initially formed in the Suiye and Guocheng areas.

Therefore, those who can really implement the camp system are the black Khans, Saman soldiers, and survivors. As second-class people, they are destined to be squeezed.However, we have just made a plan to purge these people. Under such circumstances, how to set up a camp and how to organize it?
Of course, the Anxi generals in the palace would not think about the deeper things behind it, but subconsciously chose to reject it. Zhu Ju, the commander of Yangcheng who came to Suiye to report on his duties, said directly: "Battle system? Your Majesty, the soldiers are here. Anxi is for meritorious service and great ambitions. You won’t let me wait and go farming again!”

Zhu Ju's words can be regarded as asking on behalf of everyone present. They all have the same doubts in their hearts.In their view, Liu Min's so-called "camping system" was probably just another name for fear of opposition from the soldiers. In essence, it was still a camp, and they were still farming in Anxi.
He probably sensed the generals' hidden worries. Facing the concerned gazes of the pairs of eyes, Liu Min stretched out his hand to comfort him, smiled slightly, and said: "Don't be nervous, you don't have to be nervous. How could I make a decision that goes against the wishes of the soldiers? Don't worry, I will The camp mentioned is not the camp field!" With that, Liu Min explained the contents of the camp system that he and his staff discussed.

In order to ensure the safe supply of food for the armies in Anxi, it is necessary to develop productivity and increase grain and livestock production. Therefore, there is no doubt that field animal husbandry is necessary.

The integration of soldiers and farmers is the foundation. Soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime are the basic characteristics of the camp.The camp that Liu Min planned to implement naturally had some changes based on this, such as the distribution of production means and production results.

According to Liu Min's plan, the armies in Anxi will be divided into camps, or even camps, as the core of production organization.Each camp is assigned a considerable number of farmers and herdsmen. Of course, these farmers and herdsmen are mainly local indigenous people (who can also be called serfs). The citizens who immigrated from the Han Dynasty basically exist as free people.

At the same time, each camp will be enclosed and the governor's office will distribute certain livestock and tools to complete the primary distribution of production materials, and then large-scale production can be carried out.Regarding the distribution of agricultural and animal husbandry output, the governor's office tentatively charges [-]%, and the remainder will be owned by each camp and freely distributed internally.

So far, there is not much difference compared to the exploitative camp system in China. The main change is that the targets of exploitation are changed to local indigenous people, and the profits will be shared between the governor's office and the camp.

Although this kind of camp system has a certain appeal, it is not enough. The real core of Liu Min's "camp system" needs to be added with the word "suo".

Office, that is, public office, is a grassroots management institution that has emerged in the evolution of the city system in the Han Dynasty in the past few years. In a city, one office is usually set up in five or six city districts.

Therefore, calling it a "camp" also means that in addition to military and agricultural and animal husbandry production organizations, each camp also has administrative functions. Liu Min plans to integrate government affairs, public security, taxation, law, education, fire prevention, etc. A series of functions and powers possessed by local governments are all vested in the camp.

It can be said that this is a system similar to re-enfeoffment. Each camp is a basic social unit, with the core being the camp soldiers. As the commander of the camp, he has all the powers under his jurisdiction, including the power of life and death. This It is prepared for those officers who are willing to stay and work hard in Anxi.

The camps set up by Liu Min basically only have to pay taxes, guard and collect taxes to the governor's office. If it succeeds, a large number of "local emperors" will be born under Anxi's rule, the kind protected by law.

Those under the direct management of the Anxi Governor's Office will be cities, towns, towns, and free people. The establishment of various camps will also be organized around major cities and become "satellites" to protect the cities.

After Liu Min explained the concept of "camp" he conceived, the Qinzheng Palace fell into silence again. Many people, including King Zhao Liu Fang, had solemn expressions, and some looked at each other in confusion.

This is a complete enfeoffment!