Make a fortune by farming: The sweetheart of the first assistant family

Chapter 413: Troop System

Huo Yunchao warmly entertained the Minister of Industry and his party, and led the Minister of Industry and the skilled craftsmen recruited along the way to the river embankment to inspect and listen to opinions and suggestions with an open mind.

In fact, Huo Yunchao has no special feelings about those "skilled craftsmen" who don't know the details. He always believes that true knowledge comes from practice, and there are many people with empty names.

The Minister of Industry had heard about Pinglehou's deeds when he was far away in the capital. He never understood why Huo Yunchao wanted to be the "Xu family's son-in-law" after becoming Pinglehou. With Huo Yunchao's achievements and contributions, he only needed to Submitting a letter can obtain the imperial edict and remove his title of son-in-law.

It wasn't until the Minister of the Ministry of Industry came to Pinglehou Mansion and saw with his own eyes the daily interactions between Huo Yunchao and the Xu family's father and daughter that he gradually realized how narrow and selfish his thoughts were.

Every dish eaten at Pinglehoufu does not use a lot of extraordinary ingredients. Seasonal vegetables are valuable for their freshness. Chicken, duck, and fish are not served every meal. Basically, there are one or two meat dishes per meal.

There are not many types of food, but the quantity is enough to ensure that all diners on the table are full and well-fed.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Xu Tutu are similar in age and have very different personalities, family backgrounds, educational backgrounds, etc. What is surprising is that these two seemingly unrelated people only worked together for three days and became inseparable. Close friends and close friends are keen to share each other's views on the river embankment project, and often have endless conversations on a certain topic.

In addition to talking about the river embankment project, the Minister of Industry also likes to chat with Xu Tutu about his grandchildren. Two people of the same age and with no conflict of interest have endless things to talk about.

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry learned about the real living conditions of many people at the bottom from Xu Tuhu's account, and learned to think about issues from the perspective of the immediate interests of the people at the bottom, which benefited a lot.

Butcher Xu had never been in the officialdom, and he was still a reckless man who was illiterate. However, he learned a lot from the minister of the Ministry of Industry in dealing with household chores and advanced experience in educating his children and grandchildren, and he also gained a lot.

Huo Yunchao saw that the Minister of Industry and Xu Tutu were getting along so harmoniously. He even took the initiative to write this matter in a memorial to Emperor Yong'an, repeatedly thanking Emperor Yong'an for not only sending him the most urgently needed and urgently needed professionals, but also for Father Xu gave him a very rare confidant.

Emperor Yong'an, who was far away in the capital, looked at the memorial that Huo Yunchao asked Zheng Shaoxuan to polish, and laughed: "The letter written by Marquis Pingle is really simple."

Emperor Yong'an saw that Huo Yunchao was getting along well with Ping Lehou's father-in-law, who wrote in his heart that Huo Yunchao was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Emperor Yong'an believed that even if the Minister of Industry wanted to "form a party with Pinglehou for personal gain", Huo Yunchao would flatly reject it.

Huo Yunchao considered himself not to be an official. He just wanted to bring the people together to plant high-yielding crops, and was unwilling to get involved in those messy power struggles.

In Huo Yunchao's letter to Emperor Yong'an, he wrote down his goals and ideals clearly and clearly.

Anyone who forms a party with Huo Yunchao for personal gain is tantamount to throwing money at various national economy and people's livelihood projects with no visible benefits, or the kind of rebate behavior that has not heard any response for ten or eight years!

The chief eunuch hadn't seen Emperor Yong'an smile for a long time, and he stood aside and thought to himself: There are so many noble people in the court, and only Marquis Pingle can make His Majesty smile.

Emperor Yong'an read Huo Yunchao's documents, thought about it carefully, and then ordered the eunuch chief to find the Minister of War.

The Minister of War stayed in the imperial study room for a full hour and left with heavy steps.

From that day on, everyone from the Ministry of War to the Minister of War to the servants serving tea and water were so busy that they had to eat, drink, have sex, and sleep all at the Ministry of War.

After careful observation, it was discovered that the Minister of the Ministry of War had not even stepped out of the gate of the Ministry of War! Not to mention those officials with lower rankings than him, who seemed to be artificially trapped in the Ministry of War.

Upon seeing this, officials from the other five ministries wanted to inquire about the news, but ultimately returned without success.

It was not until the court meeting 20 days later that the Secretary of the Ministry of War presented the results of more than half a month of work by the Ministry of War - the garrison system and the trial plan.

The core content of the field system is to allow soldiers to cultivate the land in their free time and participate in military operations during wartime. The imperial court organized landless or landless peasants to cultivate land in border areas, which was usually wasteland or undeveloped land.

During the farming period, farmers gathered the crew to form civilian villages, cultivated the land together, and distributed the grain harvest in proportion. This not only provided food and other agricultural products for the local people, but also provided a stable source of food and salary for the army.

Military garrison and civilian garrison are two forms of military garrison system. Military garrison lasts for three years and requires professional military training. After retirement, you can join the civilian garrison.

Those who have been in the village for 10 years can apply to the court for a homestead and settle down.

The imperial army's soldiers were mainly selected from the garrison troops, while professional soldiers were trained from selected soldiers.

The grain obtained from farming is the army's food. The army is content with its own needs and no longer collects food and wages from the people.

The important ministers in the court knew that the garrison system was a new policy issued by the Ministry of War under the instruction of Emperor Yong'an, and they did not dare to truly express their thoughts.

Even if their family interests were harmed, they did not dare to blatantly raise objections.

As soon as the garrison system was proposed, it aroused heated discussions. People outside the court heard the news and talked a lot, especially those people who had no or little land. They all dreamed of owning their own land.

However, under the experimental plan of the military garrison system, the land in the Mintun District does not belong to them personally, and they have to hand over the grain harvest according to the agreed proportion. This makes them dare not act rashly, for fear that 90% of the grain they have worked hard to grow will be expropriated. I can't even support myself.

Ordinary people took a wait-and-see attitude towards this, but the soldiers in the army did not have the right to say "no". They directly designated military areas and organized soldiers to plant sweet potatoes in the thin fields.

A month later, Huo Yunchao heard about the implementation of the garrison system. He listened to Magistrate Wang's story and fell into deep thought.

After County Magistrate Wang read the letter, he suddenly stood up and walked around Huo Yunchao several times: "Yunchao, was it you who proposed the garrison system?"

Huo Yunchao did not deny: "Yes, it's me! The grain output in the official fields is limited, and it has to go through many layers of approval before military pay can be sent to the hands of the soldiers. The burden on the court is heavy. Centurion and Yan Dahu have good hands and feet, so they can definitely You can cultivate the land and harvest food with your own hands, why should you wait eagerly for the imperial court to send you military pay?"

Magistrate Wang was choked. He rubbed his face vigorously, and after a while he said: "Yun Chao, do you know that the military garrison system will harm the interests of landlords and nobles? Have you ever thought that if the landlords unite, If you rise up to cause destruction and incite common people who don’t know the truth to cause trouble, will the military garrison system not be able to continue?”

Huo Yunchao smiled nonchalantly: "Sir, I'm not afraid. The military garrison system is inevitable and no one can stop it. Besides, who can be better than me in propaganda? I have never been afraid in terms of folk propaganda. who."