Back home, Wu Zhi went to watch the process of Wu Xiu and Feng Niang distilling alcohol. He was happy when he saw that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were becoming more and more skillful, and he also helped Jin Lian and Xiao E.
He and Dahu and everyone else were also there to help. They were all very excited when they saw him coming, and the whole family was enjoying themselves.
After the alcohol was distilled and everything was packed, it was almost dark. At the dinner, Wu Zhi took out three bottles of "Zhuang Yuan Chun" wine and said he wanted to reward everyone. He toasted everyone a glass of wine, but the wine was too strong.
The eight girls including De Feng Niang, Jin Lian and Xiao E didn't dare to drink anymore after one sip. They blushed and looked for soup to drink. Wu Xiu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun, Da Hu and Er Hu were intoxicated.
In the mellow wine, good wine can make people intoxicated. Suo Chao, Li Zhenguo and Si Fangguo, three young men, only drank one glass of wine before they were intoxicated.
Seeing this, Wu Zhi had no choice but to drink with Wu Xiu and the other five people. After drinking three glasses, he did not dare to drink anymore. He ate slowly, with Wu Xiu, Suo Yanqing, Li Wanchun, Dahu and Er
The five tigers were drinking together there. Everyone saw that he was in a good mood and was not worried about being demoted, reduced in rank, or fined, so they couldn't help but feel relieved and felt better.
After the banquet, Wu Zhi chatted with Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, Jin Lian and Xiao'e for a while, then got up and returned to the study to prepare a memorial.
As soon as I sat down, I saw Jin Lian and Xiao'e also walking in. Jin Lian was still holding a cup of fragrant tea in her hand. Pingping Tingting walked to the table, gently put down the tea, and stood quietly next to Xiao'e with a smile.
E then ran to the table, picked up the inkstone, and happily studied ink for him.
Wu Zhi smiled, took a chair, put it next to the table, pulled Jin Lian to sit down, turned around and sat down, then picked up the pen and slowly started writing the memorial.
Jin Lian was pulled by him to sit down, her face kept blushing with embarrassment. Xiao'e even laughed softly. Jin Lian glared at her angrily, and her face became even more embarrassed. Xiao'e stopped when she saw Wu Zhi starting to write.
He stopped laughing and watched Wu Zhi write while grinding ink. Jin Lian also regained his composure and watched quietly.
Wu Zhi was imagining and writing at the same time, and decided to write two memorials.
How to increase the income of the imperial court. He clearly pointed out that the land annexation problem across the country is very serious now. Most of the land is concentrated in the hands of officials, gentry, families and landlords, and most of the people do not have their own land.
If it is arable, you can only work as a tenant farmer to earn a meager income. However, the court collects land tax on a per capita basis. Officials and gentry landlords have thousands of hectares of fertile land, but their taxes are very low or even do not need to pay taxes. Thousands of people are short of land and have little land.
Taxes are very high, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. The polarization is serious, and the people are deeply resentful. This also leads to the failure to collect the land taxes that should be collected. The land taxes that are hidden by the officials, gentry and landlords are countless, and the national treasury is naturally in trouble.
Empty! Then, he proposed that in order to change the current empty status of the national treasury and replenish the national treasury, the only way is to abolish the ding tax collected on a per capita basis, divide the ding into acres, and merge the land into one, that is, to change the previous ding tax (including the ding tax).
The method of collecting taxes separately from poll tax, corvee, etc.) and land tax is to divide the Ding tax into the land tax and collect it together.
The specific method is: first, unify the measurement standards for fields, and use eight feet on each side as an acre, which is approximately equivalent to about one-quarter of a current field. From now on, the land tax collected will be calculated in units of new acres. The second is to re-establish the system across the country.
To survey and clear land within the country, we must first clear the land that has been cultivated in various states and counties, determine the amount of land occupied by each household, and divide the fields into grades according to the topography and fertility of the fields, formulate cadastres, and stipulate the tax amounts for each grade;
Make up mu accounts, village accounts, household posts and Jia posts as records and vouchers; land properties are transferred, official deeds are given, and county records are kept, and the actual cultivated fields shall prevail. The third is to first spread the Ding tax into the square field tax.
The fixed payment amount is calculated among them, and the land tax for each new mu of land is reduced to one-sixth of the fixed land tax for each square field, and the land tax is fixed according to the number of new acres of land. Those with more fields will be levied more, those with less fields will be levied less, and those without land will not be levied.
The land must be declared and re-measured and liquidated, and the number of new acres of land must be truthfully calculated according to the regulations
Fixed payment of land tax is treated equally! Fifth, the free labor service can be replaced by cash and collected together with the land tax. Sixth, after the land tax is divided into acres, the land tax will be calculated in cash, and the tax will be calculated in a fixed ratio of two in the south and one in the north. The same applies in summer and autumn.
Seventh, the grain market should be liberalized. The surplus grain in the hands of farmers can be freely traded in the market in exchange for money. At the same time, the system of buying and selling together and joint buying should be abolished. The government's purchase of reserved grain, grass and other materials should be purchased from the market at a fair price. No forced price reduction is allowed, and no
Government and businessmen collude to drive up prices, and violators will be severely punished! The eighth is to strengthen supervision and management, which must be institutionalized and standardized. The emperor and the court must have the courage and determination to overcome all difficulties, and must have strong administrative and military means as a guarantee, and reward
The penalties are clear and the thunder strikes. It is best for the imperial troops from all over the country to participate in the work of measuring and clearing the land!
In the seconding, Wu Zhi also proposed to completely abolish the Green Crops Law. The Green Crops Law has enriched a bunch of bureaucrats and gentry, but greatly harmed the interests of the general public, and should be abolished. In the seconding, Wu Zhi also proposed that in addition to apportioning small people into acres,
In addition, people can also be encouraged to open up wasteland, or even immigrate to open up wasteland. The reclaimed land will be used by farmers for farming. Taxes will be exempted in the first year, and taxes will be levied based on the number of acres of wasteland from the next year. In order to encourage immigrants to open up wasteland, immigrants will be required to open up wasteland.
Those who are eligible can even have their land tax reduced or reduced for another year.
Finally, the second memorial was about forming and training a new army. Wu Zhi completely copied the three-three system of later modern armies.
In the memorial, Wu Zhi proposed that in order to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army to cope with the complex wars in the future, he hoped to select more than 30,000 hard-working young Imperial Guards under the age of 40 from the Forbidden Army on the basis of the Red Guard left and right battalions.
Left and right, a new army was organized. The new army was organized into an army. According to the three-three system, it consisted of three divisions, nine brigades, twenty-seven regiments, eighty-one battalions, two hundred and forty-three companies, seven
One hundred and twenty-nine platoons and two thousand one hundred and eighty-seven squads. The new army was equipped with new weapons and equipment, conducted new types of training, and formed an independent army, without being subject to the jurisdiction and control of other Forbidden Army units. Wu Zhi proposed,
In order to strengthen leadership, the new army established military headquarters, division headquarters, brigade headquarters, regiment headquarters, battalion headquarters, companies, platoons, classes and other organizational structures from top to bottom. The military headquarters has a commander, who can be served by the emperor.
There are two deputy army commanders, the recommended candidates are Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu, who will be selected by the imperial court to lead the new army. There will be a chief and deputy commander below the division headquarters. At the same time, a staff department and a logistics support department will be established under the jurisdiction of the military headquarters.
, the two departments have the same authority as the division headquarters. The staff department has a chief of staff, two deputy chiefs of staff, and several staff officers, who participate in intelligence reconnaissance and military aircraft planning. Staff members should be proficient in military affairs and geography. The logistics support department has a director,
There are two deputy ministers and several logistics personnel. Their responsibilities are to manage the logistics support of the entire army, the supply of grain and grass materials, the update of weapons and equipment, and the management and payment of military pay. At the division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company, and platoon levels
The commander and deputy commander can be selected from the Red Guard camp. He proposed that the commander (division commander) and deputy division commander (deputy commander of the division) of the first division could be appointed by Lin Chong and Sun Qi respectively; the commander and deputy commander of the second division could be appointed by Wang
Jin and Li Tingliang serve respectively; the commander of the third division is determined by the imperial court. The commanders and deputy commanders below the brigade, regiment, battalion, company and platoon can be appointed in descending order by one rank according to the division level. The military pay of the new army is the same as that of the upper-class imperial army and should be paid in full.
Wu Zhi also seconded the suggestion that some skilled craftsmen could be separated from the supervisors, and then skilled craftsmen could be hired from the private sector with high salaries to form a firearms bureau to specialize in manufacturing new weapons for use by the new army.
By the time Wu Zhi finished writing, more than an hour had passed. Seeing Jin Lian and Xiao'e still watching with interest, he smiled apologetically and finished the tea on the table. After thinking for a while, he pulled out a piece of rice paper.
, casually wrote a poem "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei": "Beside the broken bridge outside the post office, I am lonely and without an owner. It is already dusk and I am worried alone, and there is more wind and rain. I have no intention of struggling for spring, and I will be jealous of all the flowers. Everything is done in pieces.
The mud is crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same."
After he finished writing, he gave it to Jin Lian who was standing beside him. Jin Lian took it with both hands and softly recited the words in his mouth, smiling happily. However, when Xiao'e, who was polishing the ink, saw this, she pouted her mouth to show her dissatisfaction.
Seeing this, Wu Zhi thought for a moment, took out another piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote another poem, again "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei", but the words were different: "A branch in the bamboo is leaning, reflecting the forest Yujing
.It is impossible to draw a picture of the strangeness after the rain, with the shallow water and sparse shadows. The wind blows through the little Chanyu, and he is thinking deeply. There is a faint fragrance before the wind blows, and the moonlight penetrates the flowers and is cold."
After writing it, he handed it to Xiao'e. Xiao'e took it and looked at it, and immediately she beamed and cheered.
Jin Lian was shocked when she saw that he had written another poem casually. She quickly put down the poem she was writing, moved closer to Xiao'e, read the words in Xiao'e's hand, looked at them, and exclaimed in surprise: "They are all
What a nice word!" Then he raised his head and looked at Wu Zhi, his eyes bright and his face full of admiration.
Could it be a good word? He shamelessly borrowed it!
After Jin Lian and Xiao'e returned to their rooms to rest contentedly, Wu Zhi sorted out the two memorials and stayed alone in the study, continuing to think about some issues.
He is thinking about how to form a new army? How to train troops? In addition to bamboo grenades, should new weapons also include flintlocks and artillery? And how to go about future business routes? How to expand business? Wait, there are a few questions.
He thought about it for a long time, and when he felt sleepy, he returned to the bedroom to rest.
The next day, after returning from his duties in front of the palace, Wu Zhi ran to the Hou Mansion, inspected the progress and quality of the renovation and decoration of the Hou Mansion, and made some corrections. The craftsmen worked very hard, and the renovation and decoration project progressed smoothly, and the renovation and renovation work were carried out smoothly.
The decoration effect was also good. Wu Zhi was quite satisfied with it and praised everyone.
Two days later, Wu Zhi, accompanied by Yan Sheng and Li Tingyu, inspected the Peng Japanese Army, Tianwu Army, Tiger Wing Army and Xiongwu Army in Beijing under the command of Dianqian Division. The Peng Japanese Army was cavalry, the Tianwu Army was infantry, and the Tiger Wing Army was in Beijing.
The army is composed of crossbowmen, and the Xiongwu army is a mixed army of crossbowmen and artillery, with a relatively small number.
During the review, all the soldiers were brightly dressed and looked majestic. However, Wu Zhi kept shaking his head after the review. Half of the team of more than 50,000 people were veterans over the age of 40 or 50, with no fighting ability at all.
Many of the younger guards were gilded young men brought in by relatives of the emperor, and they were extremely weak.
But when the soldiers saw Wu Zhi, they were shocked and surprised. They did not expect that their top boss was so young, a young man of only twenty years old! What surprised them even more was that
Although this young man is young, he is very handsome and handsome. He is also calm and measured, able to move forward and retreat freely. He has a restrained majesty and magnanimity that is hard to look at.
Wu Zhi ended the inspection of the Forbidden Army in disappointment. Although he was mentally prepared in advance, the actual situation was worse than he expected. It seemed that it would be quite difficult to select 30,000 new troops from the 50,000 people.