In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 253 Exemption from all taxes and corvee
After the army was reorganized, each legion began to run in, and each garrison battalion also began to go to its respective garrison. The remaining ones who should retire retired, and those who should work in farming went to work in farming.

After handling these matters, Lin Rui also breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

The eight generals and eight guerrilla generals who had surrendered were also relieved.

Although they are only deputies and commanders of garrison battalions, they all have serious positions and military ranks. With their level, they will always be able to make outstanding contributions in the future.

After all, no one is stupid. Four field armies with 20 people are far from enough. When the army is expanded into a new army in the future, if Lin Rui doesn't choose from among them to be the army commander, where else can he choose from?
So now the three hairy young men are given deputy positions. Although everyone is embarrassed and awkward, they don't pay much attention to it, knowing that it is only temporary.

It would be fatal if Lin Rui directly gave them a name in the Governor's Mansion and got a false job.

In fact, Lin Rui really thought about giving them a false name, because he didn't like these general soldiers at all.

However, the experience of the three Huang Bens was too little after all, and they were not yet capable of taking charge of their own affairs. The general soldiers could just make up for this, so they were allowed to stay in the field army to assist the three of them in leading the battle.

As for whether the command of the field legion will be handed over to them after the army is expanded in the future, that depends on performance.

The personnel, logistics, and military laws of the army are still directly controlled by the Governor's Office, which also firmly excludes scholars.

In order to strengthen his control over the military, Lin Rui established a military and political department after the military and legal department and the logistics department to completely separate the military's personnel, logistics, and military law.

In the future, the Military and Administrative Department will be mainly responsible for the personnel assessment, ideological education, cultural learning, etc. of the military. It is also the most important department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, followed by the Logistics Department, and finally the Military Law Department.

Each legion will also establish a corresponding military and political department, logistics department, and military law department.

After a while of sorting out the work, Hong Chengchou finally worked out the rough administrative divisions of the three counties. He spread out the map, pointed at it and introduced:
"Your Majesty, after repeated deliberation by the ministers and others, we have decided to establish a total of seven states and 23 counties in the three counties. Among them, Datong County governs nine counties and two states, namely, Datong County, Huairen County, Yanggao County, and Zhencheng County. , Guangchang County, Guangling County, Lingqiu County, Zuoyun County, Youyu County, Hunyuan Prefecture, and Weizhou.

Among them, Yanggao County is the abolition and merger of the original Yanghewei and Gaoshanwei into counties, Zhencheng County is the merger of the original Zhenluwei and Tianchengwei, Zuoyun County is the merger of the original Yunchuanwei and Datong Zuowei, and Youyu County It was the merger of the original Yulin Guard and Datong Right Guard, and the area under its jurisdiction was mainly the vast area around Datong and to the east.

Then there is Shuozhou County, which mainly governs the surrounding areas of Shuozhou and the vast mountainous areas in the north and west. It governs two states and five counties, namely Shuozhou, Yingzhou, Mayi County, Shanyin County, and Jingping County. Pinglu County, Weiyuan County.

Among them, Jingping County was restructured and established from the original Jingping Guards Qianhu Station, while Pinglu County and Weiyuan County were restructured from the original Pinglu Guards and Weiyuan Guards.

The last Xuanhua County has jurisdiction over the original Xuanfu Town and Baoan and Yanqing prefectures. It governs three prefectures and nine counties in total, including Xuanzhou, Baoan Prefecture, Yanqing Prefecture, Wanxian, Quanxian, Huairen County, and Longmen. County, Chang'an County, Dushi County, Meiyu County, Huailai County, Yongning County. "

"Your Majesty, this is the list of the governors of the three counties and officials from various states and counties. Please review and make your decision!"

After Hong Chengchou finished the introduction, he took out a list of officials and presented it to Lin Rui. Although Lin Rui said that officials in various states and counties were appointed by him and only needed to report to the county governor, Hong Chengchou still honestly listed all the officials. A list of officials was drawn up.

In addition to the three county magistrates and the magistrates of each state and county, according to Lin Rui's request, each state and county also dispatched a chief officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and a chief officer of the Ministry of Punishment to be responsible for the judiciary and agriculture in each place.

So there were nearly a hundred officials in total. Lin Rui just glanced at it casually and handed it to him and said: "Just appoint according to the list. The division of states and counties is also reasonable. How will the new policy be implemented?" Go down, do you have any clues?"

Lin Rui didn't know any of the officials on the list, so naturally he wouldn't say anything more, but he couldn't help but asked him how he planned to implement the new policy.

After all, this guy messed up. Although the impact was not big, it did waste time and required him to find someone else to do it, so Lin Rui naturally hoped that he could be more reliable.

Sure enough, Hong Chengchou's face became serious when he heard this. He thought about it for a moment before replying: "Back to your Majesty, next I plan to select a group of scholars from the Shuozhou area of ​​Datong to go to the states and counties in Xuanhua County to measure the land and count the population, and then The regions of each production team were divided, and finally those scholars were appointed as agricultural officers and judicial officers of each production team, responsible for dividing the land according to households and popularizing criminal laws. As for Datong County and Shuozhou County, outside scholars were responsible for measuring the land. Count the population.”

"Well, the idea is good, but do you think there won't be something fishy in it even if a local scholar doesn't measure the land and conduct a population census?"

Lin Rui nodded, then looked at him with burning eyes.

"This... Your Majesty, since ancient times, when it comes to land and population, it has been impossible to completely eliminate fraud. All the ministers can do is to strengthen inspections and supervision. If they are found, they will be severely punished. They will not tolerate it and try to ensure the accuracy of the data. sex!"

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said helplessly, if Lin Rui really can't tolerate a little sand in his eyes, then it doesn't matter if he doesn't help this time.

"Of course I know this, but if fraud cannot be avoided in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, how corrupt will the government be in the future? So we still need to make a good start.

After all, there is a new dynasty and a new atmosphere. You can clearly tell your officials and scholars not to take chances, because I will definitely send people to conduct a careful and comprehensive investigation afterwards. Once something goes wrong in any state or county, The person responsible will never escape. "

Lin Rui simply opened his mouth and reminded him directly that he did not believe these scholars at all, lest they were found out and lost their heads later, and he would blame him for not reminding them. Now that he had spoken up, he would not be able to blame him then. "Could it be that the king asked those ladies to..."

Hong Chengchou didn't pay much attention at first, thinking that Lin Rui was just talking. After all, he had to check it again. Where did so many scholars come from to check it?But then he thought of the large number of ladies and ladies in China, and cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead.

"Haha, that's right. Don't say that I don't give them a chance. If they don't live up to their expectations, I don't believe that without their scholars, we can't govern this world."

A smug smile appeared on Lin Rui's lips. Those ladies and ladies are his trump card. If those scholars dare to be dishonest, defy others and practice favoritism, then don't blame him for favoring girls over boys. Replace them with those ladies. Lose.

If the performance of those scholars is okay and they can still do things, then he will use the ladies to supervise and spur them.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely warn them sternly, and at the same time, I will strictly supervise them and never tolerate them."

Hong Chengchou didn't know how many literate ladies and maids Lin Rui had in his hands, so he was really frightened.

After all, the reason why scholar-officials dared to manipulate the emperor in the past was because the emperor wanted to govern the world and implement national policies, so he had to rely on scholars to implement them. Without civil servants and scholars, the country would immediately be paralyzed, and there was no way to find an emperor. to management that can replace scholar-bureaucrats.

But who would have thought that Lin Rui would find another way to find some literate ladies and ladies to disgust people. It is really insidious and hateful. However, Hong Chengchou had to admit that this can indeed greatly shock civil servants and scholars, making them feel like they have never experienced before. pressure.

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married. Anyway, my king's words are here. It's up to them to choose whether to listen or not!"

Lin Rui waved his hands indifferently, and then put forward some of his own requirements, that is, the land should not be divided according to households, but according to people.

Each adult male and female must have at least five acres, and each minor male and female must have at least three acres. If any county fails to meet this standard, the excess population in the county will be moved to states and counties with more fields.

This time Lin Rui does not plan to make a big pot of rice again, but directly contracts production to households. A production team has three to 5000 people. Each production team is divided into several production groups, each group has two to 300 people, depending on the situation in each village. .

Each production team is assigned an agricultural officer, judicial officer and reserve officer, and the leaders of each group are elected by the villagers themselves.

Agricultural officers are mainly responsible for the agricultural affairs of each production team and mediating conflicts among villagers. Judicial officers are responsible for popularizing criminal laws, arresting and interrogating, but they do not have the power to make judgments.

Once a villager breaks the law, he or she must report it to the prefectural or county government office, which will open a trial and publicly pronounce the verdict in court. Serious crimes must also be reported to the county government office and the Ministry of Punishment.

For the time being, he can only follow the laws and judicial procedures of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, Lin Rui will definitely slowly improve China's own judicial system.

Reserve officers are also only responsible for training the young men of each production team in their free time, and they train for one month every year.

"Your Majesty, should we draw up a regulation to settle the matter of land tax to reassure the people?" Hong Chengchou asked again.

Obviously, he did not dare to decide on his own whether it was how much rent per acre he paid to the landlords and gentry or how much rent he collected from the common people per acre every year.

"The landowners' rent is easy to handle, and it is one-size-fits-all. The fields are divided into three grades: A, B, and C. The government pays them three silver coins per mu every year for Class A fields, two coins for Class B fields, and one coin for Class C fields. As for the government, it collects it from the people every year. The rents are the same across the board, with Class A fields receiving 35 jins of wheat per mu per year, Class B fields receiving 25 jins, and Class C fields receiving [-] jins.

Of course, people can also convert grain into silver. When the specific price comes, the Ministry of Household Affairs will issue a unified notice in advance. People's excess grain is not allowed to be sold privately and can only be sold to stores where the Ministry of Commerce is located.

In addition, if there are children in the family who join the field army, the rent of five kilograms of grain per mu of land can be reduced per year. From now on, in addition to paying annual land rent, people will be exempted from all miscellaneous taxes and corvee. "

Lin Rui obviously had a plan in mind. The climate in Datong is not bad and the land is fertile.

Even if the average yield per mu is one stone and a half, if a family of five has 20 acres of land, it will be nearly 30 pounds of grain. Taking the median value of 30 pounds of grain per mu, 20 acres of land will only cost 600 pounds.

Even if one stone weighs 100 kilograms, there will still be more than 2400 kilograms left. A family of five, excluding growing grain and rations, can at least have a thousand kilograms of food left over to sell.

Therefore, as long as policies can be implemented and supervision strengthened, people's lives will definitely get better.

And Lin Rui will not lose money. He can harvest 30 kilograms of grain from one acre of land. According to the current market price of four to five taels of silver per stone of wheat, 30 kilograms can be worth at least one tael of silver, which is enough to pay the rent to the landlord. Even if the price of grain drops in the future. One or two taels, you won't lose, at most you won't make any money.

(End of this chapter)