The system forced me to be emperor

Afterwards, Xiao Rui and Xiao Yuan returned to the city and began to pack their bags and prepare to go to Minzhong Mansion.

It should be mentioned that the marriage between Guo Jia and Ms. Qian is on hold. It's not that Mr. Qian disagrees. On the contrary, he has noticed that Xiao Rui and his party are not simple. Guo Jia refused. The reason for the refusal was that it was impossible for him to stay in Minzhong Mansion. He would come to the capital in the future. Mr. Qian couldn’t bear to let his daughter leave home, so the marriage was shelved. Guo Jia also took it easy and regarded it as a comedy. , After a long time, it will be broken.

Afterwards, the group left Mindong Mansion and came to Minzhong Mansion.

Xiao Yuan invited Xiao Rui to live in the Governor's Mansion as a treat, but Xiao Rui specifically asked him to keep his identity secret and did not tell anyone. After staying for two days, he continued south to the Licheng Mansion on the grounds of His Majesty's mission , and declined Xiao Yuan's company, and the five went there in a low-key manner, so that they could better investigate Zhenyuanhou's situation.

Xiao Yuan didn't force it, but told him that if it is useful to get his place, he should send someone to pass on the message as soon as possible.

In this way, the five of Xiao Rui left Minzhong Mansion and went to Licheng Mansion.

If there is no little witch around, Xiao Rui would be very happy and at ease.

And what worried Xiao Rui also happened. One day away from Licheng Mansion, the personality of the little witch suddenly disappeared, and another personality of the cold female killer ran out.

One second, he was pestering Xiao Rui to tell a story, but the next second he suddenly changed his face, looked at Xiao Rui coldly, and said coldly, "What are you doing so close to me!"

Xiao Rui was a little dumbfounded, and Jin Leng'er ran out.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Leng'er looked around and asked, "Where is this place?"

"It's more than 100 miles south to Licheng." Xiao Rui said.

Jin Leng'er nodded, and said: "The little witch is too messed up to run so far. Forget it, I will be the one to make the decision during this time, and I should go back to Hangzhou Mansion. Seventh son, we will meet later!"

I saw her arch her hands, and then rode away.

"Hi!" Xiao Rui yelled.

Jin Leng'er turned her head and glanced at Xiao Rui, leaving him a free and easy figure with her hair flying.

It's not that Xiao Rui is reluctant, it's just Miss Jin, you're running in the wrong direction, Hangzhou Mansion is in the north, so what's the point of running south?

Do you know that the planet is round, so one day it will go around Hangzhou Mansion?

Chapter 318: Investigating the Marquis of Zhenyuan

Jin Leng'er drove away without a word of nonsense, it really was Leng Ao's horn, but his head was a bit stupid.However, she is much more reliable than the little witch, and Xiao Rui would not be so worried if she came out to make the decision.

The four of Xiao Rui continued on their way. When the surroundings were suddenly clear, Xiao Rui was still a little uncomfortable, so he chatted with Guo Jia and arrived at Licheng Mansion the next day.

Rest briefly in Licheng Mansion for one night, and continue southward to Junzhen in the early morning of the next day.

The Great Xia State borders Yan, Zhao, and Qi, and the border is relatively long. Therefore, in order to effectively control the border security and deter other countries, military towns are set up in the border to form local administrative management under military control.Soldiers of the Legion live in the military town, where they live, farm or carry out other production activities, and train soldiers in their spare time, similar to the Fubing system and the Tuntian system.They can also bring their families to live in the military town, and they are called townspeople. The country will donate arable land, and they only need to cultivate it for one year, and the land will be theirs.

In this way, the military and the peasants are integrated, serving the soldiers in wartime and serving the people in peacetime. The biggest advantage is to minimize the financial pressure on the court. Of course, His Majesty did not let the soldiers prepare their own horses and weapons, but uniformly distributed soldiers, horses and weapons. This money cannot be saved, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers must be guaranteed.

Of course, whether it is the military township system, the Fubing system or the farming system, there are certain disadvantages, that is, the training time for soldiers is limited, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be guaranteed, and all the survival guarantees of soldiers are placed on the land.

I remember that in the early days of the Tang Dynasty in the previous life, the government military system was used to guarantee the income of soldiers, which made the country strong. However, as the pace of outward expansion increased in the later period, a large number of soldiers were forced to leave their hometowns, and their homesickness and inability to cultivate land led to a decline in income.Secondly, a large number of powerful landlords rushed out one after another to seize the land of the soldiers.

This is also one of the reasons for the prosperous Tang Dynasty to perish.Later, the Ming Dynasty set up a system of garrison troops. Although the household registration system was established, the sons of the soldiers would inherit the military households after their death, but in the later period they also faced the situation in the late Tang Dynasty, leading to disintegration.

His Majesty now naturally knows the disadvantages of military towns, but why not use the recruitment system?Soldiers in the recruiting system have only one task, which is to train and then participate in combat. They are true professional soldiers, but they are accompanied by heavy food and salary burdens, which are very huge for a country.

Not counting the commanders and envoys in all parts of the Great Xia Kingdom, there are 100 million soldiers in the military town under the control of the Twelfth Army Marquis. The recruitment system consumes too much money, and the country will be dragged down if it encounters a few fatuous emperors.

So Emperor Xia still uses military towns, but Xia Huang knows the disadvantages of military towns, how can he let the disadvantages develop?

First of all, in addition to distributing farmland to the soldiers, he also had a certain amount of salary, which guaranteed the survival and life of the soldiers in a greater sense.In addition, there are very high military service benefits. As long as you make meritorious service, you will be promoted and your salary will also be increased.

So this also increased the enthusiasm of the soldiers to practice hard from the side. They didn't want to die on the battlefield, but also wanted to get promoted and raise their salaries to get ahead.

Near noon, the four of Xiao Rui arrived outside Licheng Army Town.

What you see is a vast and huge town. Compared with the blooming flowers of other state capitals, the architectural style of the military town is more plain and simple. Because soldiers and their families live there, there are not so many bells and whistles.

And outside the town, there are four large camps in the southeast, northwest, which are the training grounds for soldiers.Because [-] troops were transferred to Xiangzhou not long ago, the camp seemed very empty.

The four of Xiao Rui walked into the military town and found an inn to stay.

Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei went out to inquire about the situation, while Xiao Rui and Guo Jia discussed how to investigate Han Ming.Xiao Rui had already told Guo Jia what he knew in detail, and Guo Jia's judgment was the same as Xiao Rui's, thinking that Han Ming was very strange, whether it was recruiting so many adoptive sons or writing letters without seeing Xiao Yuan, it was all weird.

Not long after, Li Yuanfang and Dian Wei came back after inquiring.

I just heard Li Yuanfang say: "Your Highness, Dian Wei and I walked around the military town and asked many people. They all respected the Marquis of Zhenyuan very much. The Marquis of Zhenyuan used to be considerate of the soldiers. Respected by soldiers and townspeople."

"Yuan Fang, do you mean the past? What does this mean?" Guo Jia asked.

Li Yuanfang said: "Sir, this is the strange thing I'm going to talk about next. In the past two years, the Marquis of Zhenyuan has suddenly recruited adopted sons. Secondly, he has begun to be harsh on the soldiers. In the past year, the soldiers' salaries from the imperial court have only In the first half of the previous year, Zhenyuan Hou explained to the outside world that the imperial court’s household department was tight, so the salary was halved. Although the soldiers were very angry and aware of the problem, but Han Ming had so many sons, he forcibly suppressed it. And in the past two years, The Marquis of Zhenyuan rarely goes out of Tichajun Town, and the four commanders are responsible for all matters big and small, and he sits in the Junhou's mansion to lead the overall situation."

After hearing this, Xiao Rui couldn't help but said, "You still withhold soldiers' salaries? Is Zhenyuanhou so greedy for money?"

"Even if people change, it's impossible for them to turn upside down in such a short period of time, as if they were two different people." Guo Jia said, "And Han Ming recruited his adopted son in the past two years. What happened to him? To become like this?"

Li Yuanfang said: "Your Highness, sir, we can't get close to the Junhou's Mansion. There are a large number of soldiers in charge there. We can only hear the news through the mouths of soldiers and townspeople."

Guo Jia asked: "Yuan Fang, you still have to go out and check to see if there are any officers who hold important positions and can get in touch with Han Ming, but they are clean and honest and don't recognize Han Ming as a righteous father. We need to get in touch with such people. Ask carefully about the tricks in it."

"Don't worry sir, I'll go now." Li Yuanfang immediately went out to inquire.

And Xiao Rui, Guo Jia, and Dian Wei are also planning to go out for a stroll, especially to look at the Gongbu workshop in the military town.

When I came outside the workshop, I saw countless carriages parked here. The ores transported on the carriages were all from the Dayan Kingdom. They were all checked and registered by officials appointed by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and then directly transported to It is smelted into metal in the workshop, and then transported to Licheng Mansion, and then transported northward to the capital by sea.

The three of Xiao Rui didn't reveal their identities, so naturally they couldn't get inside the workshop. As for checking the accounts of the trade between the two countries, it was not enough to just reveal the identity of the supervisory censor. They also had to reveal the identity of the prince, and even had to show the gold medal.

In order to ensure the stability and innocence of the trade between the two countries, the imperial court not only appointed officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, but even the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent three supervisory censors.

If they want to get involved and get a share of the action, these people will have to buy them off. Han Ming's adoptive son alone can't do it, so Han Ming must be involved.

All signs seemed to indicate that something was wrong with Han Ming.

After Li Yuanfang's investigation, he really found a person, Qiu Lie.

This man is a guerrilla general under Han Ming. He is upright and brave. He did not accept Han Ming as his adoptive father. Firstly, he is older than Han Ming, and secondly, his character disdains him.

However, he is now greatly excluded. Although he is an official guerrilla general, the 3000 troops under his command have long been separated and turned into a nominal officer.

At the same time, I also found out that Qiu Lie was once drunk and broke into the Junhou's mansion to see Han Ming. He did see Han Ming, but Han Ming was dragged out by Han Ming for the crime of breaking into the Junhou's mansion. His buttocks were bloody and bloody, and he was made to lie at home for half a month.

But ever since he was beaten, Qiu Lie became honest. Not only did he drink all day long, but he didn't care about military affairs. He was a nameless person, so no one asked him about his negative attitude.

On Han Ming's side, he dared not ignore him, nor would he be dismissed from his post, or dealt with by military law, leaving him to fend for himself.

So when they heard about this person, Xiao Rui and the others immediately went to Qiu Lie's house.

When I came to his house, I saw the courtyard door was wide open, and a man was lying on a recliner in the courtyard, drinking wine and humming a tune.