Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

"Take all the smart people in the compound out to see the world. If we expand our business in the future, we will need too many people.

Brother, you should take the two guards I brought with me this time with you.

When you get there, if the weather is good, you can go for a walk along the Zhangqiu River. If there is anything wrong, tell the county government in advance."

Zhang Xin explained everything again.

Although she felt that even if Zhang Chang discovered something wrong and issued an advance warning, the three county governments on Zhang Qiuhe's side would not pay any attention.

However, we still have to do what we should do, and the rest is up to fate.

"Of course."

Zhang Chang had no objection.

"Brother, you should be careful too. The flood in the dream must be very serious. There will be heavy rain before the dam breaks."

"it is good."

"Don't feel sorry for the unripe crops. The sooner you harvest them, the better."

"Row!"

The two of them talked for a while about the itinerary and subsequent arrangements, and Zhang Xin went home satisfied.

It was not until they returned to Yande Palace, changed into home clothes, and when no one was around that Zhang Xin asked the question that had been holding back her all the way.

"Has the Crown Prince's wife been busy with this these days? The Crown Prince doesn't know either?"

She followed Zhang Xin around the clock and knew everything except what Zhang Xin was writing at the desk, which she half understood.

It is impossible to miss out on the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess discussing such an important matter.

"If I dream of a flood and ask my brother to save the crops and people, will the prince call me a fool again?"

Zhang Xin asked back with a smile.

"Uh, well, the prince will...will laugh a lot..."

Roll up your sleeves and you will understand immediately.

"That's it, let's do it first. It will save him from always making fun of me for being a fool!"

Zhang Xin looked like she was in a bad mood.

"The prince thinks it's fun to tease you."

Wanxiu kindly defended Zhu Gaochi.

"He's fun, but I'm not! Humph!"

Zhang Xin acted disgusted.

"Hehe! Is it really free? What about those people?"

He rolled up his sleeves, smiled, then turned around and started worrying about Zhang Xin's secret fund.

He made a lot of money this year, and gave most of it to the princess.

The conversation between Zhang Chang and Zhang Xin on how to make arrangements for the disaster victims was too brief and she didn't understand. After all, money would be needed. It had just been filled up, so wouldn't it be suppressed soon?

"If you want to listen, I'll tell you about it?"

Zhang Xin suggested.

Wanxiu has been very down-to-earth since her mother bought her. Except for learning characters a little slowly, she has mastered everything else very quickly.

If possible, in two or three years, she would like to let Wanxiu go out and do the same job as Zhao.

"Listen, this slave wants to listen."

He rolled up his sleeves and nodded hurriedly.

"Okay. Now you know about the dream. Sit down and I'll tell you slowly."

Zhu Gaochi came to Beijing and Zhu Zhanji was with the Xu family, so Zhang Xin had plenty of time to train his future steward.

"Yes, Crown Princess."

"Then let's start with how to resettle the victims—"

As Zhang Xin spoke, she was also reviewing her arrangements to see if there were any mistakes or omissions.

All in all, she asked Zhang Chang to go.

The first purpose is to see if we can avoid floods as much as possible. As long as the floods are effectively prevented or weakened, there will be no epidemics and no so many refugees.

She was not the Empress Dowager at the moment, so she could not order Zhang Qiuhe's men to fight the flood in advance.

In her previous life, the court report she read contained only six simple words: the bursting of the Zhang Qiu River caused a flood. She didn't know where the burst was, what happened before the burst, or what happened after the burst. Everything was dark.

Even if she wanted to arrange it privately in advance, she couldn't.

It’s okay to tell your family members the excuse of having a dream, but if you tell it outside, there will be all kinds of consequences whether it works or not.

She can only take a roundabout approach, at least to try her best for the people of Shandong.

Regardless of success or failure, she, who knows the direction, can feel at ease.

The second purpose is purely for post-disaster relief. If floods are unavoidable, crops will be harvested in advance and the victims will be guided to migrate north.

The first is to avoid crop losses, the second is to give everyone a place to go, and the third is that after the crowd is evacuated, the epidemic will not spread so quickly, intensively and severely.

As long as Shandong Province can withstand the previous natural disasters, the subsequent ones will be relatively better.

The third purpose is more direct, which is the food on both sides of the Zhangqiu River. With this batch of food plus the food she had stored earlier, even if there is a drought next year, the price of food will not soar.

The last purpose is to reserve soldiers for the upcoming war.

The Hongwu Dynasty referred to the household registration system of the previous Yuan Dynasty and divided the people of the country into four types: civilian households, military households, artisan households, and kitchen households.

Military households are specifically responsible for serving in the army and fighting in wars. Once they are registered, their household registration cannot be changed at will.

Just like a vassal king, it has a hereditary nature.

The father served in the army, the son served in the army, and the grandson also served in the army.

After becoming a military household, in addition to the monthly salary for the soldiers, the family has land to farm, and the taxes are much lower than those of ordinary people. Many labor and corvée services do not require people to provide labor. In the garrison, if the scale is large enough, children can also read books.

For example, the Yanshan Guard Station specially opened a guard school for children to study. Even if they could not take the imperial examination in the future, it would be a good opportunity for them to work as a clerk in the army if they had some knowledge.

The soldiers did not need to be supported by the common people, but could support themselves, which saved a lot of military expenses for the imperial court or the Prince of Yan's Palace.

In addition, they have been in the army for generations and have passed on their military experience without reservation. Once they enter the army, they can adapt quickly. Their combat effectiveness and survival ratio are guaranteed.

When it came to the time of the eldest grandson Zhu Qizhen, everyone avoided the military households, but now, they are still popular.

Therefore, most of the people in Yan area are military households at present.

However, border areas like Yan have always been less peaceful than inland areas.

Even though the entire Hongwu Dynasty was encouraging people from the interior to move to border areas, there were still few people who could come from the great north.

Every time my father-in-law takes his men out to fight a war, there are fewer able-bodied men.

It takes more than ten years to raise a child, but death can happen in an instant.

Without enough military households, there will not be enough soldiers.

Zhang Xin wanted Yan to first accept the 200,000 refugees caused by the flood.

There are 200,000 refugees, not counting those who died due to untimely disaster relief in the early stages, those who went missing, and those who were concealed in the later stages.

The real number, not to mention double, is at least 300,000.

She checked the population of the five northern provinces five years ago: Peking, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi. The total was only over 17 million.

Beijing has the least population among the five provinces, with less than three million.

Zhang Xin asked Zhang Chang to arrange for the disaster victims to cross to Yan area, and gave two options.

They either reclaimed wasteland on their own or joined the army.

According to Zhang Xin's estimation, the number of people who would choose to open up new land on their own would be very small.

Who wouldn’t want to join the army if they could become military households?

If all the refugees could come, the population of Peking would immediately increase by more than 10%.

Even if only 10% of them are young and strong, it would still add 30,000 soldiers to the army of Prince Yan's Palace.

It also directly added countless military households capable of producing soldiers to the Yan area.

During the Yongle reign, my father-in-law's Shenjiying, Sanqianying and Wujunying were drawn from the military households in various garrisons.