"Master Tongzhi, Master Tongzhi, the emperor cannot abandon us like this! When Emperor Taizu Gao was emperor, we were assigned military households. It has not been changed from generation to generation. Why did the court change the regulations?
Are you going to drive us out? Sir, although the villain is old, in one year, the villain can retire from the army. Call your son ***, otherwise... otherwise, the villain will retire early.
Yes, my son is very strong and can fight, he can fight!"
Zhang Jun now focused his main energy on suppressing bandits, and handed over the details of the military camp restructuring to several of his subordinates. Ding Yu and Tang Jie were listed as command colleagues, second only to him in status. Although Tang Jie was aware that Tang Jie and his subordinates were
There are grievances in the hall, but you can't just ignore them. The fault lies with you. Therefore, Tang Jie, like Ding Yu, often leaves the command office to visit various local health stations and solve problems in a timely manner.
When it comes to the difficulty of reform, the most difficult thing actually lies in people’s thinking.
The life of the villagers was worse than that of the tenants, so many villagers often fled the guardhouse with their families. But now that Xia Xun wanted to find another job for them, some people felt as if the sky was falling. Although
The villagers were not satisfied with their bowl of rice, but it was an iron rice bowl after all. They held it in their hands and felt secure. They were asked to contract and lease land and make a living on their own in the future. For this uncertain future, some people inevitably became anxious.
Some veterans who were originally soldiers but now have no conditions to continue to fulfill their obligations as soldiers are even more violent. In their view, the households in Liaodong are not as wealthy as those in the pass, not to mention that the land is not allocated free of charge.
Although the Chief Envoy and the officials from the Yamen made it clear to them, before the harvest was harvested, the guard still took care of their food and accommodation, and helped them carefully analyze the income they earned from farming, which was only more than receiving military pay.
Not good, and since they were out of the military at that time, they could still do part-time work and do some business during the off-season. These subsidies plus the income from farming were hundreds of times better than being a big soldier.
But no matter what you say, whether it is as you said or not will be known next autumn. Once you are stripped of the military household today, you will no longer be a member of the guard station tomorrow. If anything happens by then, who will guarantee it?
Their future livelihood? With this worry, as long as someone complains and cries for grievances, there will be some people with a mixed mentality who will follow suit. In fact, because the life of the villagers is not easy, not many of them have a strong will to resist.
, it’s just an instinctive confession, longing for comfort and reassurance over and over again.
Regarding this mentality, Wanshiyu, who had climbed up from a small official step by step, and many of his officials who were promoted from the local area, were well aware of this mentality, so they all helped the generals at the guard station and took the trouble to explain, comfort and calm everyone over and over again.
But Tang Jie was not like that. Tang Jie put a straight face on his face and scolded in a deep voice: "What are you shouting for? Children who cry need milk, right?"
With one word, the complaining soldiers were silenced. Tang Jie glanced at them coldly and said, "Are you some campers? The local farmers in Liaodong can produce enough from their own fields to support their family, but what about you?
?When Taizu Gao was Emperor, he made great efforts to open up large tracts of fertile farmland in Liaodong. How much of it is now abandoned? How many fields are abandoned every year without being planted, and the grass grows barren, and they have become nothing more than wild land?
Humph! You stubborn people, when you were in the garrison, you just perfunctory and refused to work diligently, forcing the court to transport grain from the pass every year. If not, would the emperor have decided to separate the army and villages and let you make a living on your own?
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After reprimanding the villagers, he turned to the soldiers who were classified as peasants and said disdainfully: "Look at your moral character, old and old, disabled and disabled, fighting? Can you still fight? Your Majesty the Governor is planning for Liaodong.
, we want to fight big battles and achieve great achievements, but can we do it with trash like you? The Governor has to clear you out so that we can free up troops and recruit young warriors from Liaodong. Do you understand? A group of trash who occupy a manhole and do nothing, the army
This is an imperial edict and a military order to separate the villages. If you dare to gibber any more, I will chop your heads off!"
Tang Jie's words angered the veterans, so the campers gave up. The ones who reacted most violently were the dismissed soldiers. Tang Jie's insults made them even more angry.
A slightly lame veteran rushed forward angrily, and tore open his clothes with a "chila" sound, revealing several criss-cross scars on his chest, and tremblingly said: "Master Tongzhi! You said that this villain is a waste?
I joined the army at the age of seventeen and stayed in Liaodong for more than thirty years. I fought with the Tatars, the Jurchens, and the bearded horse bandits in Liaodong. I escaped death many times. These scars
, I fought for the imperial court, and now the Lord says that I am a waste and wants to kick me away! Come on, Lord Tongzhi, I have never resisted my fate in my life, but today I will resist your imperial edict.
This is your military order, you kill my head, you kill me!"
The veteran took off his military cap, revealing his gray hair, and handed his head to Tang Jie. Tang Jie was annoyed, pushed his head away in disgust, and cursed: "You bastard, you want to play rogue with me, right? Who's here?
, tie him up and whip him forty times!”
Tang Jie gave an order, and all the soldiers swarmed forward like wolves and tigers. Those soldiers who had been dismissed suddenly exploded in their nests, and immediately swarmed up to protect the veteran, and they talked with Tang Jie's soldiers.
There was a scolding, and some people were holding swords and guns, and they were very excited, and they were about to provoke a mutiny. Tang Jie was secretly happy when he saw this. He was just about to add more fuel to the fire, completely irritating these soldiers, when an officer suddenly ran up from the side.
Son, his two hat wings flickered and he shouted urgently: "Everyone, don't make a mess, don't make a mess!"
That person was Kaiyuan Tongfan Moke, and Amul had been handed over to Zhang Jun. He didn't have much to do. Due to the shortage of manpower in the Chief Envoy Department, many positions had not been filled with corresponding officials for a while, so Wanshiyu sent him to
A strong man was also captured. He was originally an official in the Kaiyuan Military Preparation Department. He often dealt with the soldiers and garrison soldiers and was familiar with their affairs. He was of great help to Wanshi Domain.
When Tang Jie saw that he was coming, he knew that he was from Xia Xun's side, so he didn't dare to instigate blatantly. He just stood there angrily as if he was offended. Every official has a different way of doing things.
Similarly, as long as Xia Xun doesn't catch him deliberately causing trouble, the most you can say is that he doesn't know how to do things, and his methods are simple and crude, but you can't do anything about him. This is where officialdom is more complicated than the battlefield.
Mo Ke first said hello to Tang Jie, then turned to the soldiers who were on the verge of breaking out, and said loudly: "Don't be excited, everyone. I've talked about this truth for a long time, why don't you understand it? Mr. Tang is also annoyed by your stubbornness.
"No, I just reprimanded you a few times, what's the matter, I have been a soldier all my life, and if I really end up losing my life, I will be convicted by the court of inciting mutiny. Not only will I be unlucky, but what will happen to my wife and children?"
Temporarily suppressing everyone's anger, Mo Ke said: "Your worries are simply unnecessary. Think about it, now the imperial court has reopened the government office in Liaodong? Why did it withdraw before? Because there are no people to manage! Now!
Now that government offices are being built, will the common people be lost? If the common people have no way to survive, can the government still stand? If the government does not have this in mind, it will not agree to the restructuring of military villages. After you change military households into civilian households
, as long as you work hard, are you still afraid of not having enough to eat?"
Mo Ke said to the angry veteran again: "Brother, you don't have to worry about oxen, plows, and grain seeds. As for your residence, no one will force you to move out until the new house is built.
, as for the land, there are ripe fields from the military camps allocated to you. Tell me, is this not enough? Mr. Wan said, in addition to distributing farm tools and grain seeds according to the number of acres of land contracted by you and the number of people in your family, when setting taxes,
Depending on how many years you have been serving as soldiers, the number will be reduced as appropriate. Think about it, can this still make you hungry?"
Mo Ke's words were reasonable and he quickly calmed down the conflict. However, similar things continued to happen. Wherever Tang Jie went, he was like a torch approaching a dry firewood that had been sprinkled with oil, always causing one kind or another.
The incident even led to several small armed conflicts.
Xia Xun knew all these things, but he didn't care at all. Recently, Xia Xun had been very leisurely and completely acted as a hands-off shopkeeper. He left the military affairs to Zhang Jun and the civil affairs to Wan Shiyu, but he himself suddenly became concerned
Come to foreign affairs and culture and education.
Xia Xun often went in and out of the government schools to inquire about the teachers who were recruited. Now, some Confucian scholars in Liaodong, especially the erudite and talented men from wealthy families, have gone to the government schools for teaching due to Zhang Xitong's unremitting efforts. Xia Xun launched another
The civil servants who went to Liaodong widely publicized, called for friends, and recruited scribes from the customs to teach. In addition, Xia Xun's contacts with the leaders of various tribes gradually increased, and they often exchanged banquets.
After the North Korean envoy returned in vain, North Korea was very concerned about the northern part of the island, fearing that the Ming Emperor would change his mind and really take away all the territory except the Three Koreas. As for the territory west of the Yalu River and the Tumen River,
The tribesmen didn't dare to think about it anymore. They could only watch with hatred and anxiety as they fell into the arms of Ming Dynasty one by one.
For these surrendered tribes, while Xia Xun resettled them nearby, he began to consciously induce them to engage in business, farming, and work, and advised their children to go to government schools. With him, the prestigious governor, coming forward, these matters
It's going very smoothly.
Tang Jie's reaction was what he expected, but he didn't want to care about it. If he had to step in for everything, then why would he bother to fight for Wan Shiyu and Zhang Jun for an official position? These two are in charge of the army.
Yi Guanmin is the two major leaders in Liaodong. If they can't deal with even one of his subordinates who is trying to make trouble, then they may encounter many problems in the future. Isn't it possible that they all go to Jinling to ask him to come forward to solve it?
Sure enough, within two days, Zhang Jun, who heard the reaction of Ding Yu, Mo Ke and other officials, transferred Tang Jie, appointed him as a supervisory and statistical officer to inspect the construction of beacon towers in various parts of Liaodong, and sent him to military camp reform.
This matter was raised. Tang Jie was not idle because of this. He was busy traveling everywhere. There was always turmoil in the reform, so he specially collected negative news and secretly reported it to Qiu Fu, Zheng Xia Xun and Zhang Jun.
, the dark materials of Wan Shiyu and others.
At this time, Zhang Jun's secret deployment against the anti-Tiandao group of beards also began to enter the closing stage...