Tang Qing was bullied by Wu Ming and could not look up. Now he can finally be proud.

Although Wu Ming was about to be beheaded, he deliberately stimulated this despicable villain.

Wu Ming was fainted by Tang Qing on the spot, but it also suffered a benefit. He moved his head without realizing it and did not feel any pain.

Seeing Tang Qing coming, his ten brothers immediately surrounded him and looked at his elder brother with a worried look on his face.

"Brother, how about it? The general didn't deal with you, we have implicated the eldest brother..."

"Yes, this is the world. The villain is successful and the hero is short of breath. We will not care about other people's business again next time!"

Seeing that the brothers were so worried about him, Tang Qing felt warm in his heart. Although the world was cold, his brotherly love was deep.

"Brothers, don't worry, brother tell you good news, Wu Ming was killed by the general."

Before Tang Qing finished speaking, the brothers began to jump up, and they forgot the pain of the wounds on their bodies for a moment.

"That's great. The general is a good person. The bad person is finally punished. We will definitely be loyal to the general..."

"Puchi..."

Tang Qing couldn't help laughing out loud:

"Don't worry, brother has better news to tell you. Brother is now appointed as the commander of the thousand men and officially take office tomorrow..."

Tang Qing thought his brothers should be very happy, but the reactions of these people were left speechless.

A brother stepped forward and touched Tang Qing's forehead and smiled:

"Brother, you don't have a fever, why do you talk nonsense..."

"That's right, brother, stop teasing. Do you know how old the chief of the thousand-man is? If you are promoted to a hundred households, you can barely get along..."

Tang Qing smiled and shook his head, stopped explaining to his younger brothers, and pulled them to the military doctor.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, hurry up and treat the wound, otherwise you will get infected..."

In the central army's tent, Zhu Youjian asked Li Dakai about Fengyang's situation.

"General Li, you have been in Fengyang for more than half a month. Let me tell me about the situation here."

Li Dakai [Jiujiu Novels    ] hurriedly got up and reported:

"Reporting to the emperor, I am not very clear about the actual situation in Fengyang, and I cannot speak irresponsibly. I will tell you everything I know. I still have to ask Mr. Zhu, the governor of Fengyang."

Li Dakai is really a good official. He never hearsay about things he doesn't know.

Zhu Youjian nodded in praise:

"Well, my dear is right. What I want is to seek truth from facts. There must be a reason why my reform cannot proceed smoothly here."

...

After Zhu Dakai told Zhu Youjian about some of the things he knew, Zhu Youjian fell into deep thought for a while.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youjian still has some understanding of the system of the Ming Dynasty.

I have also seen officials and gentry about Fengyang who rely on their identity as a fellow villager to disobey the imperial court.

There are many rivers such as the Huai River and many large and small lakes in Fengyang Prefecture, and the soil quality of the land is quite good.

Unfortunately, water conservancy has been disrepair, inconvenient irrigation, and drought in recent years, these originally excellent fields are now deserted.

According to the records in the Yellow Book, Fengyang Prefecture originally had at least more than 10 million acres of arable land, but now it is estimated that millions of acres have been abandoned.

After the famine and war, many places were abandoned, and even no one was left thousands of miles away.

There are too many barren lands in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. The gentry and landlords used to take the opportunity to buy land at a low price, but now they are too lazy to buy it. They only buy it with fertile land.

The Ming Dynasty learned from the historical experience of military farming in China and implemented a military system that combines military forces with agriculture and guards, and set up more than 300 military camps in the world.

In fact, it is to divide the land to the army, so that they can be stationed in all parts of the country. One military household has an average of 50 acres of land, and more officers are supported by themselves. The military households are hereditary, and they protect the land of the Ming Dynasty for generations.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once said: "I raise a million soldiers and do not spend a grain of rice on the people."

The imperial court not only distributed fields in local garrisons, but also sent cows with seeds, so that the military households could farm and watch, and pay two buckets of rent per mu of land.

Although the rent is twice as heavy as an ordinary household, fortunately I can still live a good life.

This system was originally quite good, but after a long time, all the disadvantages came out.

There are rivers and lakes in places where there are people. Over the years, the military fields of ordinary military households have been occupied by officers.

Military households gradually became tenants for various officers.

Military households not only work for the officials and generals who encroached on land every year.

Each military general is given a certain amount of land to raise honest land according to his official position, but unfortunately he is a meat bun and beat a dog.

Now 270 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are countless military households fleeing, and the ward system is already useless.

The land of most military households became the private land of military officers, and these officers became local tyrants.

Most of the military farms of large-scale military households in Fengyang Prefecture were occupied by military officers at all levels in the garrison.

Even most of the land among the households is occupied by local literati and powerful landlords.

There are less than 30% of the military and civilians who can own their own military fields.

The officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were not completely exempt from taxes. Strictly speaking, both officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty needed to pay grain.

However, the land taxes for officials and gentry are exempted, and the exemption is also a certain amount of acres.

With this kind of excuse, officials and gentry can place the occupied military and civil fields into the excuse.

Even if there are thousands of acres of land, there may be only a few dozen acres of land on the duty-free registration book, which is a common operation in all dynasties.

Some powerful officials and gentry have too much land and insufficient relations, so they cannot register in the land of Youdui.

They will do everything possible to avoid the collection of tax grains, transfer all the taxes to the tenants, and increase the tenants' rent.

It is precisely because of this that it has been very difficult for all dynasties to clear the land.

The initiator may even be in danger of his life, and there are too many benefits involved.

After a while, Zhu Youjian said:

"Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were pacified by me, and the Eastern abduct will sooner or later be destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. What are the things of several garrisons?

Since they are ungrateful, I will abolish Fengyang Guard and this system will be abolished in the future.

Yuhuatian, go to Gaojie immediately and let him lead his headquarters to enter the five counties of Fengyang within two days to wait for my decree."

"Abide by the order"

Yu Huatian agreed and immediately left the camp to adjust Gao Jie.

Zhu Youjian definitely shocked Li Dakai and hurriedly clasped his fists and said:

"Your Majesty, this is a bit risky. What if the Eighth Guards raise an army to resist?"

Zhu Youjian's eyes suddenly became cold:

"Li Dakai, the five thousand soldiers you brought are not vegetarians, right? I will give you equipment immediately. You must be familiar with the use of weapons as soon as possible. All those who resist will be killed without any hesitation."

Li Dakai had long known that the Ming army in the Eastern Expedition was very advanced.

In order to protect the peace of the Ming Dynasty, his army has been training.

Not only are the soldiers very high in combat quality, but they are also very strict in military rules and regulations, and they do not violate the people at all.

The only flaw is the lack of good equipment. When he heard that the emperor wanted to rejuvenate them, he hurriedly received the order to thank him:

"Your Majesty is wise, I thank you for your kindness."
Chapter completed!