bastard seizes tang

Chapter 239
The so-called government-military system: in times of peace, serve the people, and in times of war, serve as soldiers; soldiers do not know generals, and generals do not know soldiers.

The military system of the Tang Dynasty started from the former Sui Dynasty and started from the Western Wei Dynasty.Different from the frontier troops in various frontier states, the prefectural troops in Datangzhou and counties, except for wartime and entering Beijing every year to guard the Tibetans, mostly stationed in their hometowns and did not have to travel far.

When stationed at home, in addition to the routine military exercises for ten days, it was a matter of garrisoning the fields, and the fields garrisoned were the military fields of the government army. in private.

Therefore, it is said that the foundation of the government army lies in the military field, and the military field is attached to the soldiers of the prefectures and the state and county military offices.

The military system of the government may have no arrows, no horses, or even a commanding army, but if there is no military field, then the military system of the government will be rotten from the root and completely collapsed from the bottom.

But these local commanders are not afraid of Li Ke to check their soldiers, and they are not afraid to check their bows and horses. What they are most afraid of Li Ke to check is precisely the most deadly military field.

Li Ke is more aware of the importance of military fields than the generals in the hall.

Because Li Ke knows that a hundred years later, with the endless land annexation of local aristocratic families, powerful and powerful, the land equalization system of the Tang Dynasty has been completely destroyed. The government was replaced by Fangzhen Jiedu, which led to the Anshi Rebellion that almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty in the future.

When Li Ke first arrived in Yangzhou, he told the commanders of the southeast governments to visit Yangzhou. Naturally, he would not be unprepared, and Juntian was a sharp blade for him to seize the power in the southeast and control the commanders of each government.

As soon as Li Kezhi's words came out, many generals in the hall were stunned.

Yangzhou is no better than a border town. It has experienced few wars all year round. The military system of the government has been gradually relaxed, and even the military training that must be carried out every ten days has become more and more negligent. Therefore, the military land on which the military system depends for survival has either been turned into its own, or Private sales have already been reduced by more than [-]%.

At this time, they were in Yangzhou again. If Li Ke ordered someone to go to the state capital for a thorough investigation, he would be able to find out the deficiencies.

"The so-called private invasion of the military field, I and other people in the house have never had this matter, but I don't know where the governor heard about it, and I hope the governor will learn from it." After a moment of silence, all the generals in the hall cried out their grievances.

Where did Li Ke's hidden report about the private invasion of the military fields come from, whether it was reported secretly by someone, or Li Ke himself fabricated it out of thin air, the generals in the hall don't know, but they know that they must not deal with this matter at this time, Otherwise, it is unknown whether they can go back.

The reactions of the generals in the hall were also within Li Ke's expectations. Li Ke remained calm, but gently put down the teacup in his hand, and asked, "In this way, is it true that the hidden report that the king has obtained Is it untrue?"

This time, as soon as Li Ke finished speaking, all the generals in the hall replied one after another: "The military field is of great importance, how dare the people in the Wei family dare to keep it privately, the secret report obtained by the great governor may have evil intentions, and they want to drive a wedge between the hearts of the people in the military family. .”

No matter how Li Ke tried to test them, they all killed them with one bite. There was absolutely no such thing as public land and private evidence. They wanted to get over the current difficulties first. That's another story.

As long as they have enough time to prepare, they will naturally find a suitable place for Juntian, who has been sold privately and turned into real money.

Everyone's reactions also fell into Li Ke's eyes. Li Ke looked at them and had already guessed in his heart.

Li Ke didn't ask them either, but instead asked Ma Zhou behind him, "Prince Bin, what do you think of this matter?"

Ma Zhou thought for a while, and replied: "The military fields of each government, how many, and where they are located, have been recorded in the governor's mansion. The governor only needs to go to the place with the account books corresponding to each military government, and check the numbers one by one. , I will know for sure."

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, everyone in the hall became more and more ugly.

If Li Ke only checked the number of acres of military land, they could have used it as a shoddy and found some sandy fields or uncultivated wasteland to count, but Li Ke was obviously not so easy to fool.

There are several military fields in each military government, and they are all registered here. Not only the number of acres, but also the location of the military fields are also recorded in detail. There are clues.

Li Ke sat at the top of the main hall, looked at the generals sitting below, and asked with a smile: "Since you are complaining about injustice, this king wants to send envoys to various military mansions to thoroughly investigate the military affairs. The people in the southeast watch and listen, and the second is to restore their innocence, how about it?"

This time, after listening to Li Ke's words, it was obvious that they were not as relaxed as before. They were a little guilty, their faces had gradually turned pale, and their foreheads were soaked with sweat.

Li Kezhi's words pushed them to this point step by step. They had already spoken out before, so even though they were unwilling in their hearts, they had no choice but to agree.

Seeing everyone's response, Ma Zhou who was standing behind Li Ke asked, "Governor, what should we do if we find out that there is a shortage of military fields in various military mansions?"

Everyone knows that Ma Zhou is Li Ke's confidant. Ma Zhou's words raised the hearts of all the generals. Except for Niu Jinda, who had just arrived in Yangzhou, few of the people sitting here had clean hands. They are naturally concerned about Li Ke's attitude towards this matter.

Li Ke didn't answer Ma Zhou's words directly, but asked, "If we follow Tang law, what should we do?"

Ma Zhou replied: "According to the law, the family property should be confiscated, and it will go to Lingnan."

After hearing Ma Zhou's words, the generals' hearts sank, and then they unconsciously turned their eyes to Li Ke. Although Tang Law was like this, Li Ke always had the right to do things cheaply. If Li Ke wanted to let them go, it would be natural It's not difficult.

Li Ke knew what everyone was thinking, so he had a look of embarrassment on his face. He frowned and said: "In recent years, the chieftains in the south of Shanxi have caused rebellion, and most of them recruited soldiers from the southeast. , it will inevitably delay the fighter plane, and it is inevitable that there may be a temporary purchase of military land, what do you think?"

Li Kezhi's words sounded like he was trying to excuse the generals, but none of the generals dared to look up at Li Ke. Whoever agrees with Li Ke at this time is admitting that he has smuggled Juntian. If this is just Li Ke's What about the intention of probing?

Ma Zhou asked, "Then what does the governor mean?"

Li Ke replied: "If there is a temporary mortgage or sale of military land in each government, it should be redeemed as soon as possible with the money and grain saved in the previous year in the government, so as to prevent the military land from being not in the military government and causing people to talk."

As Li Ke said, the expressions on the faces of the generals in the hall finally gradually eased.

According to Li Ke, since they were allowed to go back to the government to buy back the military land first, they naturally had no intention of severely punishing them. For them, today's test is over.

But before they had time to relax for a while, Li Ke went on to say: "The king will send envoys to the military mansions in the sixteen states in the southeast to investigate the matter in January. Confiscation of family property and exile in Lingnan, this king will not be merciful."

(End of this chapter)