Not far to the west of Huaiyuan New City is Helan Mountain, and the villas on the mountainside are still there.
When Shao Shude comes to Lingzhou, he will naturally stay for a few nights before leaving.
He calculated carefully and found that there were quite a lot of private properties.
Fengzhou Old House, Xiazhou Wedding House, Helanshan Villa, Taiyuan Hezhai, and Chang'an Xingdaofang also have a mansion rewarded by the eunuchs in the name of Prince Le'an. If you don't know, there are actually five houses in his name -
—Suizhou and Huaiyuan New City are all government offices and are not privately owned.
There were some maids in the Helan Mountain Villa—now called the Helan Mountain Palace.
The earliest batch has already gone to Luoyang to serve as palace servants, and the current ones are all girls sent by the grassland tribes later. The grassland chiefs no longer send their legitimate daughters, because they already understand that this is a fire pit, and it is very likely that their daughters will be sent here.
If you can never see a saint in your lifetime, then why bother? Just use a concubine or a clan girl instead.
Of course, this was also Shao Shude's tacit approval. It is indeed a bit excessive to occupy the latrine and not shit.
The group of maids who were sent later are not young, the eldest is already over thirty years old. Shao Shude also has some sympathy and plans to give out a batch of rewards to let them choose their own husbands. The older ones will be given more, and the younger ones will be given more.
Give them some money and dismiss them, so as not to waste social resources.
However, they still need to be busy today, because Shao Shude is here to entertain the three most important officials of Guanbei Road: the governor Huang Tao, the transfer envoy Sima Ye, and the envoy Shishu Cong.
Huang Tao is seventy-three years old this year. He made a request to become an official last year, but Shao Shude never approved it.
Sima Ye was originally an official of the Huazhou shogunate and Wang Bian's subordinate. He came here relatively early, but he didn't make much achievements. Fortunately, he was good at writing articles and calculating accounts, so he was assigned to be a finance and tax official.
As a surrendered general, Shi Shucong's position has not changed for many years. But he seems to have accepted his fate, knowing that as the beloved general of the late Liang Wang Quanzhong, he is more difficult to be deceived than someone like Ge Congzhou who came from the Chao Army and defected to Liang Wang halfway.
The imperial court trusts you, so if you have the position of commander, let's enjoy it secretly and see if the next generation can wash away their overly political colors and be reused by the imperial court.
"They are all wild vegetables, grown and harvested from Helan Mountain. I think all of you will be familiar with them." Shao Shude said with a smile as the maids brought the dishes one by one.
"Dangxiang people often say, 'Meat is not as sweet as the meat on the bones.' I am old, but I can't chew this delicious tender meat, so I can only cut some deer meat and eat it." Huang Tao said.
"Huang Qing has made outstanding contributions and can still work hard for me for another ten years." Shao Shude said.
"Thank you for your kind words, Your Majesty." Huang Tao smiled.
Shao Shude also smiled and said nothing, and invited the three of them to drink and eat.
Huang Tao is actually retired in Lingzhou and doesn't take care of things very much. Compared with the historical migration to Fujian, he should be much more relaxed and fat. But judging from his old age and frailty, he should only have been there for a year or two.
Sometimes, he lamented that people with different fates had different fates. Some people would live longer, while others would not.
It is nonsense to say that people in ancient times could only live thirty or forty years. In fact, it varies from person to person.
Warriors like Ma Yin and Qian Liu could live to around eighty, but Li Keyong and Yang Xingmi could only live to over fifty.
Just as warriors are like this, so are literati. Luo Yin, who just died, lived to be seventy-eight years old, Wei Zhuang also lived to be seventy-five, and there were a lot of people in their eighties or nineties. Overall, they lived longer than warriors.
To put it bluntly, when medical conditions are not sufficient, life expectancy is related to your living conditions and living habits.
The living environment of warriors makes them more likely to suffer from occupational diseases, such as stomach problems, cardiovascular diseases and even mental illness.
Shao Shude has always advised Niu Li not to overeat. He likes to eat fatty meats and sweets such as honey. He heard that he has "diabetes syndrome". If it can be detected, Niu Li's blood sugar must be very high.
If he died, it would probably be due to diabetes - Niu Li had just retired from the position of Yuhou, the capital of Tianxiong Army, and served as the commander of the capital of Huainan Province.
"Shiqing." Shao Shude put down his wine bowl and said, "I have been in Lingzhou for a while. How are the training of the native villagers in various counties?"
Uncle Cong pondered for a moment. He knew that the saint must have asked this question for a reason, so he answered truthfully: "Your Majesty, since the conquest of Daibeiyun, Wei, and Shuo prefectures, our soldiers have indeed not gone to war for a long time. Lingzhou
There are even fewer rural soldiers.”
"If that's the case, what can I do?" Shao Shude sighed.
"Why are you worried, Your Majesty?" Uncle Cong was puzzled and asked: "The country has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and now that the world is at peace, there is no need for Tu Tuan countrymen, right?"
"You don't know something." Shao Shude was about to pick up the wine bowl, but found that it had been replaced by a bowl of japonica rice porridge. He could only give up and said: "I want to conquer the Western Regions, but time has passed and the military towns and cities of the former Tang Dynasty have
Many of them were damaged, and the people who migrated from the Central Plains also suffered heavy losses in the war."
Uncle Cong understood immediately and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, you want to establish a military base in the Western Regions?"
Shao Shude nodded and said: "There is only military settlement, there is no other way."
Uncle Cong frowned in deep thought.
Before the Anshi Rebellion, the warriors were actually willing to establish military camps, but now, most of them are not willing. Then we can only rely on the people, but the local situation is complex and dangerous, and ordinary people cannot be stable. It is best to have a certain fighting capacity.
The most suitable people are those who have participated in the war.
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter." Shishu Cong said: "The ugly people in the Western Regions are just that. I think that the Lingzhou native regiment soldiers still have some foundation. At least the current generation is good enough and will not be defeated immediately after going into battle.
Recruit some local regiment soldiers whose families have little land, and move their families westward. As long as they are given dozens of acres of land, some people are still willing."
"With less land and no land, are there many people?" Shao Shude asked.
"Your Majesty." Sima Ye replied from the side: "My Lord is in charge of finance and taxation, and he is quite clear about the land affairs in Lingzhou. Although Your Majesty advocates that the eldest son inherit the family business, some parents love their children and do not want their children to leave their hometown. So,
There are many people who divide their family's acres of land equally or part of it. In places where there is little land, some Tutuan soldiers have less than ten acres of land in their homes, and their lives are very difficult. There are many in dozens of prefectures in Kansai.
If you post a notice and give more rewards, it won't be a problem to get tens of thousands of people over."
In fact, it was still the same method used by the former Tang Dynasty to recruit athletes for the Long March.
During the Xuanzong period, the military system had been completely destroyed. Either the amount of cultivated land in the families of the military soldiers was reduced sharply, which was not enough to support the expenses of training, service, and purchasing equipment, or they went bankrupt and fled, no longer working for the court.
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At this time, the Tang court was about to make a change. The government soldiers who had prostituted themselves for free could no longer be used, so they had to recruit soldiers. However, it was unrealistic to recruit soldiers with wages to station in the Western Regions. The local output was limited and wars were frequent, so it was impossible.
If you can support a large-scale mercenary army, then it is best to change the method of paying wages.
Long March athletes came into being.
The imperial court's recruitment of Long March athletes was a way out for bankrupt government soldiers. Their combat effectiveness may not be as good as Taizong's and Gaozong's early government soldiers, but after all they have some foundation and combat experience. After recruiting Long March athletes, they can bring their families with them.
After the Western Regions, they were allocated fields and houses.
Most of the fields were distributed near military towns. Military towns were mostly located on traffic thoroughfares or in places with abundant water and grass. Everyone's equipment was distributed by the court, and they occasionally received some grain and cloth subsidies, and were exempted from taxation for life.
Families can farm and raise sheep. In principle, they themselves do not need to farm, but in fact they will help their families farm, and sometimes they will also farm public fields, that is, military villages.
In his free time, he will concentrate on training. As a supplement to the regular army, he will not be on long-term expeditions outside the army as in the Fubing era, and the nonsense of "you will join the army at fifteen and return at eighty" will greatly reduce your burden.
Strictly speaking, they are a bit like garrison soldiers. They are just relatively wealthy garrison soldiers because they can raise horses and need to ride on horseback to fight maneuvers when there is a war. After all, the Western Region is very open and the settlements are very scattered. It is really difficult to have transportation means.
It doesn't work.
"That's very good." Shao Shude said.
He knew it well and had a sense of urgency. In the Tang Dynasty, Long March athletes were recruited from among the marchers. Most of these people were government soldiers, not just farmers. Farmers could not adapt to the complicated environment of the Western Regions.
Daxia now has some dividends of the times, that is, Tutuan countrymen with a certain degree of fighting ability. These people are essentially farmers who farm the land, but they can fight, and some have even killed people. They are willing to camp in the army and are easier to serve than the martial arts uncles.
too much.
This bonus still exists today, but if we continue to procrastinate, it will slowly disappear.
As for why you should search in Lingzhou, this involves another question: Do you know how to raise horses and ride horses? Do you know basic horseback archery and fighting skills?
There are a large number of native villagers in Guanbei who raise livestock, can ride horses, and can shoot arrows. They are perfectly adapted to the environment of the Western Regions. If you come from Hebei, you will have to let them practice horse riding first. This will increase the cost for no reason. It is not cost-effective and can only be used as a backup.
When recruiting candidates for the second phase, due consideration will be given to people from Henan, Hebei and other places.
After the banquet, Shao Shude stayed in Lingzhou for a while.
During this period, Tibetan soldiers from the north escorted a group of prisoners back, totaling more than 3,000 people, as well as tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, horses and camels. This immediately caused a stir in Lingzhou, and the people gathered to watch with enthusiasm.
"If I don't come, you won't work hard, right?" Shao Shude couldn't help but laugh and curse when he saw it.
Of course he knew that it was related to him coming to inspect, but it was not the main reason.
The real core factor is that the war has been going on for two or three years. The strong economic strength of Yuan Yuquan, Kedun City, Feng and Shengfu Bing in Guanbei and even Guanzhong are supported by strong economic strength, while the Tatars are poor and a bit unable to hold on - Central Plains
In the confrontation between the dynasty and the grassland, the biggest advantage lies here.
Thinking of this, his heart also became hot. If the Tatars in the Heichengzi area are wiped out, then the road to the northern grassland will gradually be opened. Here, surprise troops can be dispatched, and regular troops can be dispatched to deal with the Gaochang Uighurs.
Extremely stressful.
In fact, in Shao Shude's plan, there is no strict distinction between main attack and sheep attack. They can both be main attack, so why should they be so clearly distinguished?
Before leaving, he issued an order: the Flying Bear Army went north, cooperated with the Tibetan Qingqi, and continued to sweep the Qibei Grassland using the inside information provided by Hexi Dangxiang.