Hegemony of all Dynasties: Get the Zhao Yun template at the beginning

Chapter 416
Mobilization ability represents how much power a force can explode in a decisive battle with the enemy.

Like the Seven Kingdoms during the Warring States Period, when they fought against the enemy country, they could easily explode 30 to [-] troops, and their total population was only a few million.

However, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a population of hundreds of millions, the ability to mobilize has declined by an unknown amount. In a time of crisis, a majestic and unified dynasty could hardly mobilize even 50 troops.

"This is the wonderful thing about the king's administration..."

In a restaurant next to Sihong Street.

Two men were drinking and talking in the private room by the window of the restaurant.

The person who spoke was Shen Yue who persuaded Shen Tianzi and Zhang Hao to join him. He had a chic demeanor and calmly toasted and drank happily.

After successfully persuading the two generals to surrender.

Shen Yue succeeded in gaining a foothold in the Huai Army. After all, he had a close relationship with Shen Tianzi, and was naturally close to the civil and military generals of the Nanliang Department in the Huai Army.

He has made great contributions, and was recently conferred as a doctor of the Ministry of Rites among the six departments. The Ministry of Rites is currently in charge of the selection of scholars through the imperial examination, and Shen Yue is also in charge of some things. He is very busy these days.

"I also ask my brother to give me some advice!"

Opposite Shen Yue, the person sitting was Xiao Yuanming, a clan member of the Southern Liang Dynasty who brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to seek refuge with Wang Jing.

His ability is mediocre, whether it is government affairs or leading troops, he is only at the level of county officials and school lieutenants, but he took the initiative to join Wang Jing and played a leading role for other princes.

That's why Wang Jing appointed him as the Commander of the Guards, and the members of the Xiao clan around him were assigned according to their ability.

In the army, his confidant Xiao Mian also served as a general, um, he was promoted to a general after the expansion of the army...

It is a good time to catch up with this military expansion.

Xiao Yuanming has a house in Sihong, has maids and servants, and among the family members and clansmen around him are talents who are good at business, so he relies on his own identity to flourish in Sihong.

Although it can't be compared with people like Bu Zhi and Han Xizai, the many aristocratic families in Sihong can't compare with him either...

It is more than enough than the top and more than the bottom.

However, this situation changed after Xiao Yun entered the palace. Although Xiao Yun and Xiao Yuanming were separated by several generations, it is true that she was born in the Xiao family of Nanliang and is a direct descendant of Xiao Yan.

When Xiao Yun entered the palace, Xiao Yuanming's status also rose, and even became Xiao Yun's wings outside the palace.

As for Shen Yue, who has a close relationship with Xiao Yan and served as the prime minister of Nanliang, he has a relationship with Xiao Yuanming.

"The king's administration is quite like the overlord's style of the Qin and Han Dynasties. The imperial power directly penetrates into the villages and towns. Any government orders can go directly to the bottom. This prevents many gentry and wealthy families from holding power..."

In history, the nobles of the township and the small officials in the county, although their identities cannot be put on the stage, they really have power in their hands.

It is said that the county magistrate who destroyed the family, the magistrate who destroyed the family.

But the collusion between the low-level officials and the nobles can make people live or die!The central government needs to collect taxes, which is obviously one tax per ten, but in the hands of small officials, it becomes one tax per five, or even one tax per two.

People can be forced to pawn their fields, their sons and daughters, and it happens that the land pawned by the common people becomes the farmland of the gentry, and the children of the common people become the slaves of the gentry!
Over time, the land is continuously merged, and countless refugees who cannot live without farmland will evolve into an insurgent army, like a single spark, turning into a prairie fire.

The direct access of imperial power to towns and villages, although it cannot prevent this from happening, it can also limit it to some extent.

"The imperial power can go directly to the countryside, bypassing those rich families. There are no rich families and rich merchants in the middle. The mobilization ability of the government will naturally increase directly... I read the history books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties!"

"It's not that the mobilization ability of the Ming army and the Qing army has deteriorated, but that there are many people who don't want them to have such mobilization ability! The Ming army and the Qing army are like normal people, and those rich and wealthy businessmen want to control "people" No matter what direction your fist is waving, you can't let "people" go beyond your grasp..."

Shen Yue pointed out Jiangshan while drinking.

He was constantly busy in the Ministry of Rituals these days, and he was a little bored. It was rare for Xiao Yuanming to invite him out for a drink. In addition, the other party and himself were both members of his own family, so he spoke without restraint.

He speaks freely, can say whatever he wants, has a big brain, and at the same time is extremely intelligent... I have said what he did before, he is like a high-end version of Yang Xiu in the Three Kingdoms period.

Yang Xiu showed his cleverness, and said something wrong, and his head was beheaded.

And Shen Yue, if he hadn't really had a good relationship with Xiao Yan in history and was a good friend, just because of his behavior of challenging Xiao Yan's bottom line again and again, he would definitely follow in Yang Xiu's footsteps.

Now, with no one around, he's back to his old ways.

But he is indeed extremely intelligent. When he was in Jingkou, he read the history books from the Nanliang era to the Qing Dynasty, as well as many books written by others.

Only from the history books, he keenly felt the differences between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Qin and Han Dynasties.

And perceive more subtle joints from it.

That is to say, he didn't speak ill of Wang Jing. Otherwise, if he was sued for his behavior, even if he was the Prime Minister of Nanliang, a rare talent, he would be left in the cold for a while.

"I see!"

Xiao Yuanming and Shen Yue have high interests, and they are both from the Nanliang family, so naturally they would not stab Shen Yue secretly.

He heard the other party's explanation, and only then did he understand why the Huai army's mobilization ability is stronger than that of many princes in the south of the Yangtze River...

Many princes in the south of the Yangtze River, even the Ming army, extended their imperial power to the county seat.

The villages and towns below the county seat are all controlled by wealthy families, wealthy businessmen, and famous families of different ages but with similar identities. This is their unanimous decision.

After Xiao Yuanming understood the key point, he sighed: "I used to think that the king's appointment of officials in the towns would make the officials a little bloated and the work cumbersome. Unexpectedly, the king is still far-sighted. I really admire it!"

After Xiao Yan's unfortunate death, Xiao Yuanming knew that he had no other way out, so he flattered Wang Jing wholeheartedly.

of course.

His flattery was not just bragging. In Xiao Yuanming's heart, he really admired Wang Jing very much.

So what he said was sincere.

The two talked about military expansion and mobilization capabilities while drinking, chatting for a while, and then Xiao Yuanming showed his purpose of inviting the other party to drink.

"Brother Shen, you are a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and you are in charge of the imperial examination... I want to ask my brother, how is the imperial examination going to be held?"

Xiao Yuanming asked.

"My little brother is not letting my elder brother favoritism, I just want to know the rules of the imperial examination! If I can know the rules earlier, my clansmen of the Lanling Xiao Clan can prepare in advance..."

He looked at Shen Yue's face, and quickly added.

(End of this chapter)