A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1010 Luzon Two Pavilions, Three Hospitals, East and West Second Factory
Luzon City is located on the east coast of Luzon Bay, a natural and excellent harbor, and is built along the north bank of the Luzon River.

Being close to the sea and the river, it is uniquely blessed by nature.

The Luzon River is fifty miles long and connects Luzon Bay and East Lake.

East Lake is the largest lake on Luzon Island, with a length of more than 80 miles and a width of more than 70 miles. The shoreline of the lake is more than 2,000 miles long, and the lake area reaches more than one million acres.

Although the Luzon River is not long, its surface is very wide.
"Luzon now has two ports, one is the South Port, also called the Outer Port, and the other is the North Port, also called the Inner Port. The city of Luzon is now built on the north bank of the Luzon River, with a fortress, a town, and a dock. A castle and a small pier are also being built on the south bank.”

On the outskirts of the city on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, we have built farms one after another and reclaimed a lot of farmland. "

In Luzon Castle, the steward reported to Wu Huaiyu.

This castle is not big, but it is the most important stronghold of the Wu family in Luzon. There are currently 500 Wu family guards stationed here. There are many weapons, equipment and food stored in the castle, and there are also wells in the castle, which can be maintained for a long time.

The castle was built on a high ground, and the town was built to the west of the castle.

Castles are mainly responsible for military defense garrison, while towns are residential areas, markets, workshops, schools, warehouses, etc.

Four counties were established around the three major plains.

The town is relatively large, but currently it only has a wooden fence and a few wooden gates.

Jinshan County is located in the northeast of Luzon Island, at the mouth of the Huangjin River. It is also one of the three major plains in Luzon, the Huangjinjiang Plain, covering an area of ​​13,000 square kilometers, and is also a fertile grain-producing area.

"The guards in Luzon Fort were officially upgraded to Luzon State Soldiers. The state soldiers in various places in Luzon are divided into cities, towns, and garrisons according to their garrison levels. The big cities are called troops, the small towns are called guards, and the second forts are called towns, and the gates are called garrisons. ,"

If it were fully staffed, it would be tens of thousands of people.

Wu Huaiyu directly used the imperial garrison system,
A system of suppressing and garrisoning troops was established, consisting of army, guard, town and garrison. In the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the frontier suppressing and garrisoning personnel were the Tang Dynasty's standing border troops, with about 60,000 to 70,000 people rotating to guard the border.

Under each county, some strongholds and towns were governed, and the Luzon administrative system was established.

This army establishment plan is still very large.
One army, three defenders, and many more guards.

There are now tens of thousands of Han people in Luzon, so this establishment is just a plan for the time being. Let's set up the structure first. If the Luzon army reaches three thousand, then we will first fill up one thousand. The three guard camps are set to have a thousand people, and they can be filled with three to five hundred people first.

Then there are the remaining three counties, each with a guard for Jinshan, Xinjinshan, and Little Lusong. Each guard has a guard envoy, a deputy guard, etc., and the guard is tentatively numbered 1,000 people. .

Luzon belongs to the Jizhou Prefecture, so of course the imperial court will not send troops to guard it, and the Wu family is even less willing to send troops from the imperial court. If there are no soldiers, the Wu family can recruit them themselves.

Little Luzon County is located on the southeastern peninsula of Luzon Island. The plain area there is as much as 4,000 square kilometers, but the soil is the most fertile area in Luzon and is rich in rice.

In each port town below the county level, there are towns. The upper town has 500 people, the middle town has 300 people, and the lower town has less than 300 people. Each town has a town general, a town deputy general, etc.

Luzon City is where the highest-level Luzon Army is located, including garrison envoys, deputy envoys, etc. The Luzon Army is tentatively established at 3,000 people.

Luzon Prefecture will temporarily consist of Jinshan County, Xinjinshan County, Luzon County and Little Luzon County. These four counties, Xinjinshan County and Luzon County, are located at the north and south ends of the Luzon Plain. At the port and at the mouth of the river, the Luzon Plain is as high as 20,000 square kilometers.

If Wu Huaiyu wants to establish rule in Luzon, he must have a regular army. Just relying on militiamen like the Bow and Arrow Society is not enough. The militiamen only train and reserve soldiers for Luzon and strengthen the people's self-defense capabilities.

As for the garrisons below, you can only place garrisons in some important places first, lower the garrisons and towns first, and then upgrade them later.

To truly suppress Luzon, whether it is conquering the island barbarians or deterring immigrants, a strong regular army is necessary.

Luzon's army also divided its defenses roughly according to this division.

The existing garrison system is convenient to use.

In the towns and strongholds at the lower level of the town, garrisons were set up, with fifty men in the upper garrison, thirty men in the middle garrison, and those who were less than that were designated as lower garrison.

The system is fundamental.

The outline is clear and the eyes are open, and the basics are followed.

Those present here are all members of the core management of the Wu family, and they all participated in the development of Luzon. They are all people with meritorious service. Now that Luzon has rapidly developed to this stage, it does need to be comprehensively sorted out.
Luzon will officially have its own army, which is undoubtedly very exciting. In the past, there were some armed personnel in various places, but they basically existed in the form of caravan escorts and civilian support.

And with the Luzon town garrison now full of 10,000 people, coupled with the Luzon Archery Society, a rural militia group, there is no doubt that Luzon's combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
"Are these garrison soldiers selected from among the people for rotation, not recruited?"

It is of course a good thing to have a steward ask critical questions and have its own armed force. Luzon is now expanding rapidly, its demand for land has expanded, and it has even begun logging, mining, and gold mining. These inevitably begin to intensify conflicts with indigenous interests. Conflicts are also escalating.
When the Wu family came, they opened the way through trade and even bought or rented land from indigenous tribes, but this was just an early strategy.
It can't always be like this,
Moreover, the appetites of many indigenous tribes are growing. They want to increase rents. Some tribes even directly regard the Wu family as a threat. They are not allowed to build cities and ports and require them to leave by boat.

The conflict is getting more intense, and sooner or later there will be a war.
After all, many conflicts are irreconcilable. The Wu family cannot always pay rent to them. On the contrary, the Wu family has to declare sovereignty to them and ask them to pay taxes and submit.
Without a fight, no one will be convinced.

However, raising troops to fight wars is very expensive. Some officials believe that they can establish a militia system, train during leisure hours, take turns to be on duty, and recruit soldiers when there is a war. This can greatly save military expenses and there is no need to maintain a standing army.

This is similar to the imperial army system of the Tang Dynasty. The children of common people landowners were selected, provided their own food and clothing, and took turns to be on duty. They were called up in battles and returned to the countryside after the war. The court exempted them from rent, transfer, and school service.

Luzon now has these conditions and is more suitable for implementing this policy.

The most indispensable thing in Luzon is farmland. Selecting young and healthy soldiers as soldiers can grant them a large amount of farmland and exempt them from land tax and corvee service. They can also prepare their own clothing, food and weapons, and can also save a lot of equipment expenses.

Wu Huaiyu picked up the tea cup and took two sips.

He also thought about what the stewards mentioned for a long time.

The government army system has certain advancements, but it also has its limitations. As far as the current situation in Luzon is concerned, the next step will definitely be a very long war of conquest. To conquer Luzon Island, we have to conquer other islands, and even have to go south. March on to conquer the Spice Islands.

This means a long war,
The government soldiers were suitable for border defense. They usually went to Chang'an to guard the palace or to the border to take turns to guard the border. Occasionally there was a war, but only some soldiers needed to be mobilized.

Basically, the soldiers of the government can still take care of their own farming and production, can have a good rest, and can achieve a good balance.

Or to put it bluntly, this situation can make it more cost-effective for the soldiers to be soldiers, and they will not be dragged down by the long-term war to ruin their families and bodies.

But in a long-term war, the military system cannot keep up.

After all, the Fu soldiers are militiamen who are not out of work. They just select people with good family conditions and high physical fitness. They are well equipped and highly motivated. They want to perform meritorious service in war and receive rewards or titles. Compared with Fu soldiers, a recruitment system, are professional soldiers. They are off-the-job standing soldiers and can take on heavier military tasks.

Of course, in comparison, the recruitment system requires paying soldiers, settling-in expenses for recruiting soldiers, disability pensions, annual rewards, plus the cost of training and equipment, which will make military expenditures very high.

For Luzon,

If we raise a standing army now, the pressure will still be great.

Wu Huaiyu put down his tea cup.
"Everyone should know where Luzon will go next. We are about to start a full-scale war with the indigenous tribes on Luzon Island. This war will definitely take a long time.

Neither the government soldiers nor the militia can adapt to this kind of continuous war, and will instead affect the pace and progress of Luzon's construction and development,"

Recruit troops.

In the first stage of Luzon's recruitment plan, the Luzon army recruits one thousand troops, five hundred for each of the three guards and captures, and then nine towns and eighteen garrisons will be initially set up, with 200 for each town and 30 for each garrison.
A total of 4,840 people.

Wu Huaiyu picked up his pen and added another establishment, Luzon Yabing, with a temporary establishment of 160 people.

In this way, there are just enough people for 5,000 people.

The one hundred and sixty tooth soldiers served as inner teeth and served as guards for the governor Wu Sanlang. The Luzon army can also be called outer teeth.

Since all the strongholds in Luzon Prefecture are now located in coastal ports, Luzon's armies, towns and garrisons must be developed on land and water.

"After formulating the Luzon Prefecture's army, the next step is to formulate weapons and equipment, clothing and food, as well as build warships, transport ships, and military castles and other buildings,"

These all cost a lot of money,

But it is also a necessary expense.
Wu Huaiyu is the person who takes the general direction and formulates major political policies for Lu Song, while leaving specific matters to the people below.

Wu Sanlang was the governor, but after all, he was young and could not personally manage Luzon, and Wu Huaiyu himself could not stay in Luzon to manage it.
The best way is to open a government for Wu Chengzhi and use his shogunate to help manage Luzon's military affairs, etc. However, Wu Huaiyu must be careful not to let the shogunate have too much power, otherwise he will not be able to lose his power.

"The Marquis of Luzon opens his office. The shogunate has two pavilions, the East and West. The East Pavilion is responsible for civil affairs and is responsible for administration. The West Pavilion is for military affairs and is responsible for military affairs. There are also three courtyards, Salt and Iron, Duzhi, and Taxation, which manage salt and iron transshipment and financial revenue and expenditure respectively. , tax collection matters.”

Administration, military affairs, finance, decentralization.

In the east pavilion there are two people offering wine and four bachelors, while in the west pavilion there are two people consulting and four people consulting.

Each of the three academies has one chief and two deputy officers.

The two pavilions and three courts are all private shogunate organizations belonging to Luzon Marquis Wu Chengzhi, assisting him in managing Luzon affairs.

Wu Huaiyu was considering whether to set up another Jinyi Guard. Although the Ming Dynasty's Jinyi Guards later had a bad reputation, they were extremely useful tools for the Ming Emperor. Even if the Holy Emperor Li Shimin is in power today, there are still Baiqisi and others.

If Luzon wants to recruit Jinyiwei, it would be best to recruit Dongchang as well. They can take on part of the military intelligence work, and they can also act as the eyes and ears of the Marquis of Luzon, supervising Luzon officials and generals. If there are two, the main thing is to do it. Check and balance each other. If you listen to both, you will be enlightened. If you listen to one side, you will be dark.

Two pavilions, three courtyards, and factory guards, it seems a bit like the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty was also a unified dynasty that ruled the world for 276 years, which was only less than the 289 years of the Tang Dynasty. Thirteen years later, it shows that there is still much merit.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not go to court for decades, but the court was still functioning, which shows that the system was okay.

It is better to learn from a mature system than to invent one yourself.

What Wu Huaiyu needs now is to erect the frame and fill it in.

There were four bachelors on the left and right sides of the East Pavilion to offer wine, four councilors on the left and right sides of the West Pavilion, as well as the third envoys of Duzhi, Yantie, and Taxation, and the sixth deputy envoys of the three academies. From these three teams alone, Wu Huaiyu had to choose seven One chief officer and fourteen deputies.

In one state and four counties, the governors, Sima, and Liucao join the army, and the county magistrate, county magistrate, chief secretary, county lieutenant, and other officials must also be matched one by one.

In addition to the military officers such as the garrison envoy, the garrison envoy, the general, and the garrison commander,

There are also presidents of chambers of commerce in various places, tradesmen from various industries, and heads of bow and arrow societies. These are all people who participate in assisting Luzon official management of the industrial and commercial circles and local rural militia. They are also very important.

This stall in Luzon has been upgraded all of a sudden, and the task is extremely heavy.

"Fengxiao, you come to serve as the wine drinker on the left side of the East Pavilion,"

Wu Huaiyu selected Kunlun Nu, one of Wu Huaiyu's eight white gloves. He had excellent business skills. He had been involved in the development and construction of Luzon in the early stages and was familiar with the place.

After offering wine to the right, Wu Huaiyu thought for a long time and chose Zhao Yi, the former chief shopkeeper of Qianjintang. He is now also a senior steward of the Wu family and is now one of the principals of Luzon Port.

Tang Fengxiao was offered wine to the left, and Zhao Yi was offered wine to the right. The four bachelors chose the current supervisors of the four port strongholds including Jinshan. Their performance was still good and they were worthy of promotion and reuse.

"From now on, I will leave the administration of Luzon to the six of you. I won't be able to come to Luzon often in the future, and Chengzhi is still young, so I leave it to you to assist Sanlang."

The six selected people were all qualified to participate in this meeting. They did not expect that they would be able to accept this important task. They were all excited and proud.

The six of them were basically businessmen. Although they had achieved the status of senior stewards of the Wu family, they were still merchants, but now Wu Huaiyu had given them important positions in the Luzon shogunate.

The left and right people offering wine and consulting in the East and West Pavilions are considered to be of the fifth rank. The bachelors of the East Pavilion and the counselors of the West Pavilion are considered to be of the fifth rank.

Although they were in a secret position and were not official officials of the imperial court, they could still enjoy some privileges and their status was greatly improved. Even in a secret position, they could have the opportunity to be recommended and serve as officials in the imperial court.

A few of them had never thought of becoming imperial officials, and were quite satisfied with serving as secretaries of the Wu family in Luzon.

Although Wu Huaiyu had set up two pavilions, three courtyards, and two factories. The East Pavilion could neither govern the military nor even lack financial power, but a few people did not care.

Tang Fengxiao bowed respectfully to Wu Huaiyu and Wu Chengzhi, "Tang was originally the son of a maid, but he became a merchant and ran a lowly business. However, he never gave up and trusted him. Now he has been given this important task. Tang has no way to repay him." , I can only bow my head and die,"

Zhao Yi's face turned red with excitement, and he had a thousand words to say in his heart, but in the end he only uttered four words, "Me too!"

(End of this chapter)