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  Chapter 186 184 [Military and Political Adjustment] (addition for the leader "Opening eyes to see the world for the second time")

   Chongzhen eight years, December.

  Zhao Han's military and political systems were adjusted at the same time.

   In terms of government affairs, that is, to reset the administrative divisions, not only to reduce two towns per county, but also to delineate prefectures and counties according to the actual control area.

  There are still only two prefectures—

   Ji'an prefecture temporarily governs seven counties: Luling, Jishui, Anfu, Taihe, Yongfeng, Wan'an, Longquan.

  Linjiang Prefecture temporarily governs six counties: Qingjiang, Xingan, Xiajiang, Xinyu, Fenyi, and Fengcheng.

  These are temporary and will definitely need to be adjusted in the future.

  Military affairs, military expansion and preparation for war.

  The Military Academy carried out corresponding reforms and was divided into three courtyards: South, North, and Water.

  Huang Yao served as the official of the Northern Dean, and the military jurisdiction was Linjiang Prefecture.

  Fei Ruhe served as the governor of Nanchang, and the military jurisdiction was Ji'an Prefecture.

  Gu Jianshan served as the chief officer of the Water Dean and headed the water division.

  At the same time, the upper limit of officers that the Military Academy can promote on its own is raised to the rank of sentinel (about 100 leading soldiers). For officers above sentry officer, the Military Academy can only recommend candidates, and they can only be formally appointed with the approval of the Military Affairs Department.

  With the growth of the army, this upper limit will be raised in the future, and Li Banghua believes that it will be raised to the total at most. That is to say, the Military Academy can promote officers who command less than 1,000 people; generals who command more than 1,000 people must obtain the approval of the Military Affairs Department (Ministry of War).

  Military missionaries are separated from the Mission Department (Ministry of Rites) and merged into the Military Affairs Department (Military Department) system.

  Military merit evaluation will be recorded and reported by the military mission officer in the future, with the participation of military generals and military judges.

  The encounter with Yang Jiamo's plunder this time, and the rewards and punishments for a series of battles, were also announced after verification.

  The peasants and soldiers of Qingjiang County made great contributions to holding back the main force of the enemy army.

  Yang Mo, the missionary instructor, was not afraid of powerful enemies and sacrificed heroically. Donate five acres of land and ten taels of silver. Because he never married, with the consent of Yang Mo's elder brother, he adopted a nephew as his heir.

  Xiao Zongxian was able to command well, and he was promoted from a chief to a post chief. He was given three acres of land, five taels of silver, and a pair of armor.

   Hu Dinggui, the chief of the peasant army, was brave and good at fighting. When he was about to be defeated, he was the first to charge, beheading two servants alone and one servant together. Now he has been promoted to be the captain of the army, and he will be given three acres of land, five taels of silver, and a pair of armor.

  The rest of the peasants and soldiers who fought to the end will be converted into regular soldiers, given two acres of land, and rewarded with one tael of silver.

   All peasants and soldiers who died in battle will be given five acres of land and ten taels of silver. Those who have no heirs can be adopted or adopted to continue the incense of the martyrs.

  Peasants and soldiers who escaped from the battle were all fined one mu of land and served in the county for two months every year. During the service period, there is only rations, no wages, and the service lasts for five years.

  Although Zhao Han's army is clear about rewards and punishments, they are very cautious about granting fields.

  This is the first time that the field has been granted on a large scale, because it was too difficult to fight back then. A group of farmers and soldiers who have only been trained for more than two months, holding very primitive weapons, facing hundreds of servants in iron armor, and rushing forward with bows and arrows, can be called a military miracle.

   Must set an example!

   As for Citian, after repeated discussions, the result was finally negotiated.

  Whether it is an official or a soldier, if they get special merit, they can give extra land.

   Ordinary people, fighting floods and droughts, building water conservancy projects, and reclaiming wasteland, can earn points every time they go to work, and when the points meet certain conditions, they can be granted land. For example, in Wuxing Town, many people were given one mu of land, which was obtained through their labor.

  However, a person can have a maximum of one hundred acres of land under his name.

  If this amount is reached, no more acres of land will be rewarded, no matter what achievements they have made. You can be promoted, you can be rewarded with money, but you are not allowed to reward the fields.

   Twelfth lunar month twenty-one.

   Zhao Han led civil and military generals and went out from the northwest gate of Ji'an Fucheng, followed by more than two hundred soldiers holding martyr tablets.

  The temple on Zhenjun Mountain started construction at the beginning of the year and has now been converted into the Temple of Heroes.

  Temples, which existed in the pre-Qin period, are places for worshiping gods or ancestors, not exclusive to Buddha monks.

  Since Zhao Han raised his troops to the present, a total of 216 soldiers have been sacrificed. Including those who followed Zhao Han to send troops in winter and died of illness halfway, they were all counted as sacrifices. There are also sailors who fell into the Gan River after a fierce battle and were washed away and disappeared, which are also sacrifices.

  In the past, the memorial tablets of martyrs were enshrined in Yongyang Town, borrowed from the ancestral hall of the big family, and now they are all moved here.

  The remains were buried in their hometowns, and the Yinghun Temple only enshrined tablets.

  The journey was solemn, without music, and everyone walked up the mountain on snow.

   There were also many common people who took the initiative to follow to watch the excitement, but they did not dare to talk nonsense seeing this situation.

  When we came to the Temple of Heroes, there were already temple guests coming out to greet him.

  The unlicensed monks in the temple have long been ordered to return to vulgarity. The certified monks were thrown to Qingyuan Temple in Jishui County.

  Zhao Han treats monks and Taoist priests equally, and does not discriminate against any of them, provided that he does not go too far.

  The blessings of the Heroic Soul Temple are several wounded and disabled soldiers. Their whole family moved here, and the farmland was also assigned to Zhenjun Mountain, but they received a salary and were responsible for cleaning, sweeping and burning incense for the martyrs.

  Hu Dinggui is holding a tablet at the moment, which is his neighbor and a peasant soldier under his command. Hu Dinggui didn't shed tears, but just walked up the mountain road, recalling many past events.

   In fact, there is nothing to remember. The owner of this tablet often bullies him. After all, he is an orphan who grew up with his uncle.

  At this moment, in Hu Dinggui's mind, there is only the scene of the charge that day.

  More than two hundred tablets were placed in the main hall one after another.

  Zhao Han didn't say a word, just stood in front of the hall, and following the shout of temple blessings, he knelt down in the snow to worship.

   It is forbidden to kneel and worship, only kneeling people are prohibited.

   Heaven and earth can kneel, ancestors can kneel, parents can kneel. If you insist on kowtowing to the teacher, as long as you don't involve official positions, no one will stop you.

   Many scholars, including Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua, are in a very awkward mood at the moment. They don't have a good impression of generals and soldiers. It's not just that civil servants despise warriors, but also because of what warriors have done for thousands of years.

   Correspondingly, it was the soldiers present, all of whom were inexplicably moved, and a few of them even burst into tears.

   "Doo doo doo da da doo doo doo~~~~~"

  Suona blew the bugle repeatedly, and Hu Dinggui knelt on the ground. Hearing the sound of the trumpet, he suddenly wanted to stand up and charge.

   "The gift is over!"

  Zhao Han stood up slowly and led the crowd down the mountain.

  Back to the city, Zhao Han called Hu Dinggui and went directly to his home for dinner.

  Wu Dinggui, who was brave and fearless on the battlefield, was embarrassed when facing Zhao Han, sitting there like a nail growing in his butt.

   "Don't be afraid," Zhao Han smiled, "I heard that you were only fifteen years old, and you killed three servants with your own hands?"

  Hu Dinggui replied: "Sixteen years old. I actually only killed two, and the other was held down by others, and I stabbed him to death with a long spear."

  Zhao Han asked again: "Have you read the book?"

   "My father is literate, he taught me some, and I can recite the Three Character Classic." Hu Dinggui said.

  Zhao Han smiled and said: "After this military and political adjustment, as long as there is no war, the regular soldiers will have a rest every five days, and the army will hold workshops. The lectures are free. First learn more about reading and arithmetic. Arithmetic is also extremely important."

  Hu Dinggui nodded quickly: "Well, I see."

  Military workshops can be divided into four categories: Datong Thought, Literacy, Arithmetic, and History.

  History is also not a serious history, it only tells various small stories, such as Su Wu shepherds sheep, Ban Chao settled the Western Regions, Huo Qubing sealed the wolf and lived in the Xuxu, and so on.

  Zhao Han took out a copy of "Da Tong Ji": "This book is for you."

   "Okay." Hu Dinggui took it with both hands, and carefully put it in his arms.

  …

   Nanchang.

  Governor Li Maofang was going crazy, and the local gentry recruited soldiers enthusiastically. Even in the neighboring Ruizhou and Nankang prefectures, many gentry spontaneously recruited troops to help in the war.

  The gentry have also figured out that it is impossible to defeat Zhao Han with the power of the government alone.

  Therefore, a few chose to take the initiative to join Zhao Han, and many chose to recruit soldiers to help fight the war. Many of them took this as an opportunity to gain military exploits by defeating Zhao Han, and the court might be able to seal them off.

  In just one month, the strength of Li Maofang's troops has swelled to more than 20,000!

  All new recruits from the countryside, unable to fight at all, but have to eat every day, Li Maofang didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

   If this goes on like this, Li Maofang himself will collapse without the need for rebels to attack the city, because his food cannot support so many soldiers.

   Alas, Wang Tingjian is still reassuring. As expected of a high-ranking member of the imperial court, the two thousand Xiangyong in his hands will raise food by himself. What are the other gentry doing? Even if he came here with only a small amount of rations, even if he was dismissed immediately, Li Maofang would have to pay a sum of rations for severance.

   "Report!!"

  Li Maofang also had spies in Ji'an Mansion, passing news through merchant ships.

   Opening the secret letter, Li Maofang turned pale with shock.

  Longquan and Wan'an rebels took the initiative to join Zhao Yan in Luling, and the two sides joined forces to take Taihe County. Then, after the death of Yongfeng magistrate, the master book and Dianshi brought a thousand elites to offer soil.

   Immediately afterwards, Zhao Han expanded his army to eight thousand regular soldiers, and there were countless peasant soldiers.

  Due to the relative isolation of the army, hundreds of Ehu soldiers were scattered and enlisted in the army. There is no news that Zhao Han is from Qianshan.

  Eight thousand regular soldiers, countless peasant soldiers...

  Li Maofang felt his scalp tingling. He had seen Zhao Han's army before and knew how strong the opponent's fighting power was. And I also know that Yang Jiamo's hundreds of family members were held up by a group of peasant soldiers and did not evacuate in time.

  The Zhao bandits are expanding their army like this, and there will be changes within half a year. How will Nanchang City be defended then?

   Well, if you are determined to defend, Nanchang may be able to defend, but it is only useful for defending!

  The imperial court kept urging and urging, ordering Li Maofang to recover the lost land as soon as possible, and even asked him to set a deadline for recovering the lost land.

   That’s right, set a deadline!

   There is also a time limit for the officers and soldiers of the five provinces to encircle and suppress the bandits, which is equivalent to the governor issuing a military order for himself. This summer, as the time limit was approaching, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, had no choice but to bite the bullet and march. Although the tycoon Cao Wenzhao died, he also beat the rogues to flee here and there.

   In fact, it was played everywhere and scattered into countless shares for transfer. It was difficult for a governor of the five provinces to deal with it, so Lu Xiangsheng was made the prime minister of the five provinces.

  The Governor is in charge of the Northwest Theater and the Prime Minister is in charge of the Southeast Theater.

  As for Li Maofang, the deadline he set for himself to suppress the bandits is still one year away...

   As the Chinese New Year approached, Li Maofang received information again that the rebel defenders in Fengcheng County seemed to have only a thousand soldiers left, and the rebel navy was nowhere to be seen.

   Do you want to send troops to take it back, at least once to regain the city?

  Li Maofang thought about it, but still didn't dare to do it. He has been psychologically shadowed.

   But no matter what, it is good news, at least the rebels will not attack Nanchang in the short term.

  Li Maofang announced that the rebels had withdrawn, and paid out a severance package to let the newly recruited villagers go home to celebrate the New Year, and let the gentry train in the countryside by themselves, and then gather troops to fight when the rebels come.

   According to the censor Chen Yuding, the sixth memorial to impeach Li Maofang was also sent along the Yangtze River at this moment. It is estimated that Chongzhen will receive a surprise during the Lantern Festival.

  (end of this chapter)