Early the next morning, after everyone had breakfast, they could not leave because Shao Xun summoned them to talk about the military town.
Military towns are a characteristic of the Northern Dynasties.
That is to say, garrison troops are set up at key points on the border or in the interior, with varying numbers of personnel.
Military towns theoretically subsidize part of the food and salary from the court, but in practice it is difficult to implement. Most of them rely on the town generals to organize soldiers to clear wasteland and farmland, and the income is distributed according to a certain proportion.
The families of Zhenbing soldiers live next to the military town and have their own fields. They farm the land to support themselves. Their income has nothing to do with the military town and belongs to themselves.
But this is only in theory, what about in practice? The military town is short of food. You can't watch your father, brother, husband, and son starve to death, right? So this is a confusing account. It can only be said that if there is no shortage of food,
The families of the Zhenbing raised their own income and supported themselves. The Zhenbing himself ate the grain, meat, and milk harvested from farming and grazing, and the court occasionally gave him some money and silk as a reward.
This system was followed until the Tang Dynasty.
Taking the Hehuang area as an example, there are about 20 military towns (including military cities and Shouzhou cities) such as Lintao Army, Heyuan Army, Jishi Army, Momen Army, and Anren Army.
The largest among them was the Heyuan Army, with 13,000 infantry and cavalry.
In the early days, the soldiers of these military towns were recruited from the Central Plains to carry out garrison duties. Later, they found that it was too troublesome, the government soldiers were also very annoyed, and the economic pressure was great, so soldiers were recruited, and Long March athletes began to appear.
The imperial court seized every opportunity to recruit men from the mainland to go to the frontiers. For example, when there was a flood in Qingzhou one year, they recruited strong refugees to go to Longyou and even the Western Regions to serve as soldiers.
Those whose families are willing to follow will be given fields.
Most of the people who immigrated to the Western Regions in the Tang Dynasty were of this type, and there were not many serious households. The protagonist of "Borong Man" went out to Anxi with his father when he was young and lived there.
In fact, this is back to the characteristics of military towns in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, soldiers gathered in the military city. If their families followed, they would divide private land next to the military city and support themselves. If they did not follow, the single soldiers would marry and have children locally.
Due to geography and location, the military town will gradually become a prosperous place. At the same time, in the long-term exchanges, some tribes will be driven, vassalized, and assimilated. The famous general Bai Xiaode liked to play near the Tang Army Town when he was a child. When he grew up, he participated in counterinsurgency.
, killed Liu Longxian, a heroic general of the Anshi rebel army, and finally succeeded him as the Prince of Changhua County and the Crown Prince Shaofu.
There are also military towns in the Jin Dynasty, all of which were built by Shao Xun——
The attendant Yangman hung a map on the wall and said: "There are more than ten military towns in Hebei such as Shangbai, Luze, Wuqiang, and Yijing. Most of them were established during the Shengui period. They were expedient measures at that time. Today
Three towns have been abolished.”
"Su Qiu, the general of Lukou Town, held his troops and was defeated. His people were transferred to counties and counties, and Lukou Town was dismissed."
Lukou Town was mainly composed of Wuhuan people, and later absorbed some remnants of the Xiongnu and Han people. At its peak, it had three to four thousand households.
During the Hebei rebellion, Su Qiu, the general of the town, was in cahoots with the Hebei nobles. It was not clear whether they were involved in the rebellion. Although they did not rebel, they had ulterior motives.
In the end, they were liquidated. All the Su family were killed, and others were demoted to slaves. Thousands of their townsfolk were dispersed to surrounding counties and organized into households.
"Su Zhongyi, the general of Huaihuang Town, was defeated, the people of his tribe were killed and injured, and all of them fled, so that's all."
"Lulong Town moved Duan Wenyang to Xuanhongchi and stopped."
Su Zhongyi, the general of Huaihuang Town, was defeated and suffered heavy losses. In the end, there were not many people left, and his headquarters had been moved to Dai State.
But Huaihuang, Lulong and Lukou are different. The former is a border area, while the latter is a water and land strategic point in the hinterland.
Lukou Town can be established or not, but Huaihuang Town and Lulong Town will most likely be resettled, but the method is very particular.
"The king's intention is that military towns should be set up as little as possible in the six prefectures of Hebei, Yan, Si, Yu, Xu, and Qing. Military towns can be set up in You, Bing, Yong, Qin and other places."
"In the past, military towns were mostly set up for recruitment, which was a stop-gap measure. Now it is better to demobilize. Those who are willing to migrate must be demobilized gradually, and those who are unwilling to migrate must be demobilized step by step, and the people must be organized into households."
"It is necessary to establish many new military towns. It is not appropriate to merge them. We can discuss them later."
After saying that, Yangman sat back.
Shao Xun stood up, glanced at everyone, and said, "Everyone can express his or her own opinion."
"Your Majesty, I think it would be better to do this after the founding of the country." Zhang Bin suggested.
"Why did Meng Sun say this?" Shao Xun asked.
"When the country was founded and called the system, the identity of the monarch and his ministers was determined." Zhang Bin said: "In this way, if he rebels when the town is dismissed, he will be a rebellious minister and a traitor, and it will be difficult to determine."
Shao Xun hesitated and then asked: "In the past, there were more than 3,000 households of Lu Shuihu in Zhao County. What happened now?"
Everyone looked at Pei Shao, the Right Army Chief of the General's Mansion.
Pei Shao stroked his beard, looking arrogant, and said with a smile: "Last year, there was an epidemic of cattle and sheep in Desheng Township, causing countless casualties. The county and the county distributed millet and wheat.
To provide relief, at that time Juqu Chong, the head of the township, came down to serve as assistant to the villagers, Li Zheng,
Dozens of the security chiefs came to the county to receive relief grains. The county magistrate asked them one by one, and Zhu Lizheng asked the most detailed questions, covering everything. Finally, he gave an order directly to Li Zheng, telling him to clear the ditch after he returned.
, open up more fields, and distribute seeds and farm tools in the county."
After speaking, he paused and smiled without saying a word.
Shao Xun looked hesitant.
Pei Shao caught his eye, smiled awkwardly, and continued quickly: "The township chief Ju Quchong did not stop him. Zhuli was upright. Seeing the majesty of the government, the chief security officer began to despise the township chief more and more. In this way, he gradually returned to his heart.
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When I went to Northland, I recruited a total of three to four thousand Lushuihu households. Most of them were resettled in the Zhongqiu area of ​​​​Zhao County. They were recruited and organized into a township, called Desheng Township.
This is actually a pilot project, that is, a pilot project on how to integrate the tribes into households without dispersing them.
The leader, Juquchong, was the head of the township, and he himself served as deputy governor in the Yi Congjun.
The leader of the clan below is Li Zheng, and the tribal warrior is Bao Chang. They are divided into different levels.
Under the township head, there is a township assistant (appointed by the imperial court) to assist him in handling township affairs for more than ten years.
Shao Xun visited Desheng Township once. He was still "Chen Gong" at that time. When the rewards were distributed on the spot, everyone from the township head down to the township prostrated themselves on the ground, and the accompanying officials rolled their names one by one.
This is actually a proofing session.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties and before, when the imperial court distributed rewards, they were usually given to tribal leaders, who would then distribute them among themselves.
They basically did not interfere in the internal affairs of the tribe. For example, during the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Huns were divided into five tribes, and each tribe sent an official to monitor them. The tribe was in a state of autonomy, so there was no household registration for the people.
Without household registration, the process of assimilation will be very slow.
In addition, it is easy to rebel if the people are not registered as households, because the people are all the private citizens of the chiefs. They know nothing about the outside world and are extremely ignorant. What the chiefs say is what they say.
The chief lied, saying that the court wanted to kill us all, so let's all rebel together. Most people really believed it, and those who didn't believed it were also coerced. When the rebellion actually started, there was no way out and they could only follow the chief.
The road leads to darkness.
The more than 3,000 households in Juquchong had their household registrations checked. Although they were all placed in one place and were not scattered, they were divided internally very finely, and court officials often went to check their presence.
Shao Xun's reward distribution made the ignorant herdsmen at the bottom of the tribe aware of his existence.
Officials were called one by one to receive rewards, and they were all respectful and upright.
All this is actually to establish the authority of the imperial court in their hearts.
This cattle and sheep epidemic, county relief is actually the same thing.
I heard that they are now intervening in the prison affairs in Desheng Township, which further strengthens the authority of the imperial court.
The tribal chief failed to withstand the pressure for the first time and gave in, which means that your authority has been damaged and your power has been eroded.
As time goes by, the clan leaders below will pay more and more attention to the authority of the court, and will increasingly realize that the affiliation between them and the chief is no longer the clan leader-the tribal leader, but the righteousness-the township.
Chief, and the latter was appointed by the imperial court.
In this way, the tribe will gradually disintegrate, and the assimilation process will be greatly accelerated.
Later Han, Cao, Wei, and Sima Jin only moved the tribes inland and that was it. When there was trouble, they used others. When there was nothing, they wished they didn't exist. They just kept out of sight.
Relying on natural assimilation in this way is too slow and may even be interrupted.
He was so negligent in government, so he handed a big thunderbolt into Shao Xun's hands. He saw that it could not be delayed and was about to explode.
Fortunately, Shao Xun had the assimilation methods summarized by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even went a step further - many of the intentional and unintentional assimilation methods of others did not rise to the level of theory. Shao Xun understood their essence very well, so he did not learn mechanically, but could learn more
Efficient.
"What happened in Desheng Township seems to be extended to military towns." After Pei Shao finished speaking, Shao Xun said: "Under the town generals, there are long history, Sima and other officials. In the past, the town generals were in charge, and the court followed suit.
The seal is approved. Now we can conduct an inspection before conferring an official, so that the officials below the town general know that not everything can be decided by the town general."
"This year Lu Zezhen sent four thousand cavalry to go on an expedition, and they worked really hard. To select a few meritorious people, the General's Office and the Chief Protector's Office jointly sent people to test their merits, award them with official positions, and transfer them for promotion.
People know that this is not the only way to go."
"Wuqiang Town is not working very hard in the war. Doesn't Huyanjian want his nephew to be the chief historian? No. Let the chiefs know that the general in the town can't accomplish everything, and there is a court above him. The court said no.
, then it won’t work. If the court says it is okay, then it will work.”
"These things should be done before the founding of the People's Republic of China to lay a solid foundation for the gradual dismantling of military towns in the interior after the founding of the People's Republic of China." Shao Xun said: "Send orders to Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou to monitor the military towns in Hebei, and report immediately if there is any disturbance.
If you can avoid killing, try not to kill, but if you are dissatisfied and dare to rebel, then show no mercy, the army is in short supply."
"Yes." Everyone responded in unison.
The expedient plan used to quickly capture Jizhou and Youzhou is now slowly changing.
If these Hu and Han generals rebelled now, the imperial court would be too calm to deal with it because the Xiongnu had been destroyed and could no longer travel east from Bingzhou to aid the rebellious generals.
Is this called burning bridges? It seems so, but not entirely.
King Liang was kind after all.
If you are obedient, your family's wealth will not be a problem, and this escape route will always exist.
Su Shuyan is a good example. Although his Wuhuan tribe is basically gone, he still enjoys high-ranking officials and generous salaries, and was given a Bianliang mansion, so he is rich and has no worries.
How to choose depends entirely on the generals themselves.
Chapter completed!