Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 66
"I thought about it, it's a pity to waste it this year, I still have to do something in advance." In Suizhou City, Shao Shude found Song Le and said.

"What do you mean by the envoy?"

"Reclamation." Shao Shude said bluntly: "Song Biejia should also know that some people have moved from Fengzhou and Hedong in the past few months. They are all family members of Tielin officers and soldiers, and there are more than [-] households in total. Divide the land for them, and each household will first be divided into [-] acres."

"Where did Tian come from?"

"Monk Miki."

"Pindao is here." A tall monk walked in from the door and said respectfully, "I have seen the envoy, and I have seen Biejia."

At this time, monks called themselves "poor Tao" or "poor monk", the former may be more popular.

"This is Monk Weina Sanmu, the capital of Sanjie Temple. He is in charge of the majesty and discipline of the monks. Because he is not in harmony with Sanjie Temple's master and the monarch, he has been repeatedly excluded and made things difficult, so he asked the envoy for help." Shao Shude introduced Song Le. , and then said: "Monk Sanmu, tell Song Biejia what wealth Sanjie Temple has."

"Haojiao Song Biejia knows that Sanjie Temple has been in operation for decades. Today, there are hundreds of hectares of fertile land, and there are nearly [-] households in Zhuangke and Buqu. There is a Shuijian by the Dali River, four shops in Longquan and Dabin counties, and one in the south of the city. There are several acres of orchards and one cattle workshop. There is also a different business in Sanli in the west of the state. There are many buildings and bamboo trees. , There are stone mills, oil mills, vegetable borders, orchards, etc. in the temple."

Song Le was speechless.

Monk Sanmu continued: "During the Dazhong period, our temple still paid tribute, such as money, silk, corn, linen, firewood, and horse feed. However, in the past 20 years, the discipline has been abolished, and the Sanjie Temple has not paid taxes for a long time. Three hundred households Zhuangke also does not pay tribute to the imperial court, but only pays rent to our temple. In addition, our temple pays back the class money, so that the trilogy can arrest debtors and torture them by hanging, which is beyond the official law. The harvest is extremely rich, which accounts for [-]% of the income of the Sanjie Temple. There are hundreds of monks, most of whom live outside the temple, have farms, cattle and sheep, and even wives, concubines and children. "

The agriculture, retail, and financial industries are all involved. They don't pay taxes, and they control a large number of people. The private army is just like the underworld. Shao Shude doesn't plan to keep such a tumor.This monk Miki had a grudge against the upper levels of the monastery. With him acting as the leading party, it was easy to make this matter an iron case.

Unexpectedly, during Wuzong's years, the Buddha was destroyed. It has only been a few decades. The temple incense is so prosperous again. I have to say that its vitality is tenacious.

Song Le hesitated a little after hearing this, feeling that doing this would be a hindrance to the lord's reputation.

However, Shao Shude was determined and directly ordered: "Let Zhen Xu go to the first battalion of the state army, and the monk Sanmu will lead the way, first arrest the monks, and count the wealth. The farmland is returned to the state, and it is still rented to the farmer to cultivate and make money. Enter the state treasury and county treasury, and there will be a lot of expenses to open the canals later, so let’s make a bottom line. Shops and water mills are sold slowly, no hurry, the higher price will be obtained. Count the orchards, vegetable borders, and pastures outside the temple, and someone will distribute them to the new ones. The family members of the sergeants who moved in should sell them at a fair price, and the money and grain will be used as a reward when they leave the division in the future. This must be made clear, the money from the sale of the garden and vegetable plots is not required by a certain person, nor in the state, and will be distributed to the military in the future. As a reward. By the way, from now on, the Sanjie Temple will only have ten monks, and they will also have to pay taxes. In addition, if there are bad deeds in the monks and village households, they will collect fields and punish them. Don’t let them go. Do it, Fan He!"

"The end is here."

"Hold my warrant and go to the state soldiers to assign it. Monk Sanmu, would you still like to go back to the temple?"

"I don't want to."

"Okay. Next, you will help me organize a few monasteries. After the work is done, I will allow you to be the official of the state army."

"Thank you for the cultivation."

After Fan He and Sanmu left, Shao Shude ordered his soldiers to make tea, and the two sat down to talk about business.

"Your Majesty, Suizhou is poor and the household registration is not rich. Even if the monastery is raided, the income will only be enough to distribute fields for the families of dozens of sergeants. At most there are no more than a hundred households. Why bother?"

"Song Biejia, the Tielin Army has 4000 troops. In the past two months, many sergeants have married, and some have moved from Fengzhou, Lan, and Shizhou. There must be a thousand more households. Ordinary sergeants are the most important. For example, not counting money, silk, and clothing rewards, but a monthly food allowance of two Dendrobiums, if you are not married, there is no problem. If there are five or six members in a family, this can only barely feed them. The daily expenses have to be maintained by rewards, so that we can live comfortably." Shao Shude said: "A certain person made an agreement with all the soldiers in Jinyang, and he must not violate it. Now that he has settled down, he can solve every household until all of them are paid. The field is over."

Song Le was speechless.It is not easy to be a leader of the army, and the sergeants will not accept a beggar-like life, otherwise they will kill and rebel.My lord is eager to open a canal and irrigate the fields, isn't it to increase the amount of farmland so that the sergeants can have life security after marriage?Relying on one person's food gift can feed the whole family of six, and relying on money and silk rewards can make their lives prosperous. If the family has more fields to cultivate, then life can be called rich, so that the soldiers can return to their hearts.

Song Le secretly calculated in his mind, he used a little idle land before, plus the harvest from the inspection of Sanjie Temple this time, it is estimated that he can get 5 hectares of land, which is enough to distribute the land to hundreds of soldiers.After checking a few monasteries later, the oil and water will be much smaller. After all, Suizhou only has [-] to [-] people. How can there be so many monk temples?Even counting the confiscated fields of monastery monks or tribes with bad deeds, it is estimated that there are enough for a hundred households, and there is still a big gap.

But take it slow.Anyway, on a first-come-first-served basis, Chen Cheng and Guo Chu have a list, and those at the back line up slowly, in short, they have to be resolved - to be honest, this way of queuing may have caused trouble in other places, thanks to Shao Shude in the sergeants The credit there is not bankrupt, and Suizhou can continue to play here.

"Your Majesty, how many sergeants will move their families here?" Song Le asked.This family is not easy to be good, it is so poor that it has to take care of the food, drink and Lazard of the big soldiers, which makes people feel exhausted.

"There should be not many." Shao Shude said: "This will come, mostly from Fengzhou, Lanzhou, Shizhou, which are relatively close. Zhaoyi and Heyang are a bit far away, crossing the state and crossing the county. It's too difficult, even if the sergeants have the will, it's probably impossible. But they are very popular in the local area, and many people have married one after another. A certain heard that because the sergeants robbed too many women, the locals were forced to marry widows. Even poor party women."

Song Le also laughed.The widow also married, uh, he glanced at his lord with a guilty conscience, but fortunately he didn't say it.

"Since this matter involves the Jinyang Covenant, Song must do his best." Song Le got up and said, "However, this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause. If the lord wants to divide the land, he still has to open the canal."

"Someone knows about this, but it won't work this year." Shao Shude sighed: "I originally wanted to cut down the party's affairs in the state, collect money, cattle and sheep, and count the household registration, so as to lay the foundation for the opening of the canal. However, Huang Chao's department has passed the Huai River. , trapped in Shenzhou, broke into Ying, Song, Xu, Yan, and did not plunder, but only recruited Ding Zhuang to expand his troops. Guanzhong!"

Song Le also nodded in agreement.The main force of the imperial court in Guanzhong was the eight towns in the northwest of Beijing. The vassal towns set up to defend against Tubo in those days each had a military force ranging from [-] to [-].Once Huang Chao approaches Heyang and Shaanguo, the sage is likely to issue a decree to King Qin. At that time, Xia Sui's army will go south. If the party in the territory is in chaos, how can the sergeants feel at ease?

Don't move now, that's right, it's a stopgap measure.

After Song Le left, Shao Shude carefully considered the geography of mountains and rivers, looking for where to open fields.

The next day, when the checked items were delivered to the state, Shao Shude recruited Chen Cheng, who had almost become his personal secretary, and asked him to help write a gift list.Secretary Jiang of Xiazhou has already sent someone to inform the meeting, and asked Shao Shude to go to Linzhou as soon as possible to see Zhezongben.Shao Shude understood, so he approached Chen Cheng to figure out what needs to be prepared.

"Military envoy, this is not a betrothal gift. Why do you need to spend a lot of time and effort? Of the more than a thousand horses and mules that a certain brought back, choose twenty of the best ones, and then collect some gold and silver utensils." Chen Cheng spread out his pen, ink, paper and inkstone. , said while saying.

"Aren't those horses?"

"The military envoy knows it well. Among the mules sent by General Pei, there are also hundreds of good horses. Among the thousands of military horses lost to the imperial court in previous years, they are also the best." Chen Cheng said.

A good watchman!Shao Shude secretly complained that Zhuge Shuang, the supervisor of Yinchuan, is not as good as Pei Shang, you are a current manager. He has pulled a lot of good things for himself over the years, right?
"Then let's do the same." Shao Shude waved: "How many pieces of gold and silverware do you need?"

"It's not too expensive, it's more important, and it's more important to one's heart." Chen Cheng said with a smile: "Among the monks' possessions obtained from the inspection of Sanjie Temple, there is a silver gilt tortoise, which is filled with wine orders. I heard that the old general Zhe is good at wine, often It's just right to have a feast and fight wine with the people."

Temple and wine chips?It was really difficult for Shao Shude to connect them. These monks had a lot of fun!
"There is also a silver ling deer pattern foot plate, which is very beautiful and can also be given as a gift."

"What's the point?"

"In the legend of Xianbei, deer are auspicious animals, and Xianbei aristocrats also like deer-patterned gold medals. Zhejia claims to be a relic of the Xianbei family, so it is just right to send this thing. The deer and the sound are the same as the lu, which means that the wealth will last for a long time, and it is more suitable to use it as a gift. However."

"Oh, Sanjie Temple is really a lucky star." Shao Shude smiled and said, "That's it."

(End of this chapter)