The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 462 Armament Expansion and Preparation for War
Children of ordinary people cannot learn knowledge. On the one hand, it is because educational resources are in short supply and are monopolized by a small group of people; on the other hand, the cost is too high to afford.After the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the melee among the feudal lords, in fact, the wealthy families have been severely hit. Many wealthy families have not fallen, such as the Zhuge Liang family, and some top families have been wiped out, such as the Yuan family of the fourth generation and the third prince.

When life safety and family survival become an issue, sometimes face can be put aside.In order to survive, many big families have put down their airs to make a living, so as long as they are willing to spend money, the children of ordinary people can also learn knowledge by taking this opportunity.

But ordinary people in troubled times are even worse. Not to mention having enough money to send their children to school, it is difficult to even provide food and clothing. During wars, they are captured and used as cannon fodder, and sometimes they are used as rations for the army.

Now the entire thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, in fact, only the ordinary people in Jingzhou have the ability to spend money to send their children to school. This is the achievement Zhang Wu has made in the past ten years in Jingzhou. The people in other Yangzhou, Yizhou and Jiaozhou have not yet reached this level. .

In the area ruled by Cao Cao in the north, the life of ordinary people was still very difficult, because at this time, Cao Cao could no longer suppress the backlash of the aristocratic families. In addition to the tough killing methods, the economic lifeline had gradually been controlled by the aristocratic families, and the common people suffered Exploitation remains high.

In response to Zhang Wu's threat, the land tax in the areas ruled by Cao Cao has reached one-seventh of the harvest, four times higher than the standard in the Eastern Han Dynasty.This is just a tax paid to the state. The fields cultivated by the common people belong to the landlords, and they have to pay rent to the landlords. Basically, there is not much left.

In addition to taxation, the people in the north also need to be responsible for the land reclamation in the frontier areas. The Cao Cao regime recruited a large number of strong men to the frontier areas to farm the land while defending the frontier security.The family members of these strong men cannot accompany them, and half of the grain produced must be handed over to the government. If a strong man dies in battle, his wife cannot remarry at will, and must be distributed by the court.

Zhuge Liang once told Liu Bei during the meeting in Longzhong that as long as Liu Bei launched the Northern Expedition, the people in Guanzhong would definitely greet Liu Bei by "eating a pot of pulp". This was by no means an intentional exaggeration, but had a certain factual basis.The common people don't really care about who is the emperor, but they care about who can feed and clothe them.

And judging from the information obtained by Zhang Wu, the area ruled by Cao Cao has begun to show signs of inflation, and the currency system is about to die.In history, after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he tried to promote the five baht coins of the Han Dynasty, but it failed in the end, and the common people had to barter in the end.

As a time traveler, Zhang Wu is very aware of the importance of fighting economic warfare. The American emperors of later generations used their own economic advantages to fight economic warfare against other countries many times. The effect was no worse than a real war, without killing people.

Now there are schools that provide board and lodging, and the tuition fees are not high. This has solved the biggest difficulty for many people. Compared with spending a little money, many people are still willing to have a scholar in their family, because What you learn can also be taught to others in your family.

As for the priority of recruiting the children of soldiers of the Chu army, it is actually for the purpose of this group of people being able to compete with wealthy students in the future.

Even if children from ordinary people's families go to school, acquire knowledge, and learn how to govern the country, it is still difficult to compete with children from aristocratic families in a short period of time. After all, in the officialdom, in addition to the system, there are also personal connections.

But the children of the soldiers of the Chu army are different. Although most of them are civilians, they have another identity, that is, if Zhang Wu finally dominates the world and establishes a new dynasty, these people will be the military meritorious group.Although the vast majority of soldiers cannot be named generals or marquises, they have comrades-in-arms and superiors. They are a big interest group, and they will unite as one when fighting against the literati family group.

This is not only a means for Zhang Wu to inspire and improve the morale of the army, but also a hidden chess piece by Zhang Wu to restrict the literati group.Conquering the world depends on military generals, and governing the world depends on literati. However, if there is not another power group to restrict them, it will also bring some hidden dangers.

Throughout the dynasties, there were forces to restrict civil servant groups. Some dynasties used foreign relatives, some dynasties used eunuchs, and some dynasties used honorary groups.

In comparison, Zhang Wu felt that it would be better to use the Xungui Group. A country should not only emphasize culture over military affairs, nor should it only emphasize military affairs over culture. It will not be militaristic.

After these two policies were officially implemented, the people in Jiangnan and the soldiers of the Chu army supported Zhang Wu even more, and Zhang Wu's prestige instantly rose.If Zhang Wu could see the values, he would definitely see the popularity of the people and the morale of the soldiers go up.

Although the education system in other states is not as perfect as Jingzhou's, and the people are not as rich as Jingzhou's people, but under the wise leadership of the Marquis of Chu, life will definitely get better and better. In recent years, everyone's living standards have generally improved. good proof.Of course, there are still troubled times and wars, but no matter whose children die on the battlefield, the pension and compensation land are enough for the family to live comfortably, so now all the soldiers of the Chu army dare to fight and die.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Wu carried out large-scale military expansion preparations and military adjustments. According to the plan formulated at the military meeting of the General's Mansion, Wudu County must be taken within two years, and enough cavalry must be trained within five years. force.

After five years, maybe Cao Cao will die of illness, even if he does not die, he will be terminally ill. At that time, it will be the time for the full-scale Northern Expedition, and it will be the time to completely end this troubled world.

Within ten years, the world will be unified, and it can only be advanced, not delayed.Because Zhang Wu is 41 years old this year, I really don't want to wait for so long. All the fights over the years have been fought by his own people, wasting the power of the Chinese nation in vain.

Zhang Wu knew that beyond the land of China, there was still a vast ocean waiting for him to conquer, and a vast land waiting for him to occupy. A traverser who did not want to expand the territory of China was not a qualified traverser.

In the winter of the 18th year of Jian'an, the General's Mansion issued an order to expand and reorganize the Chu army. At the same time, the General's Mansion set up a new military command organization, named the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

The Fifth Army Governor's Office is an official institution that only appeared in the Ming Dynasty. Its original origin was the Governor's Office created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to control Chinese and foreign armies.Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, in order to prevent excessive concentration of military power, he changed the Metropolitan Governor's Palace to the Five Army Governor's Palace, namely the Central, Left, Right, Front and Rear Army Governor's Palaces.

In fact, there are many institutions in later generations that are conducive to the monarch's control of the army, such as the Ministry of War under the Shangshu Province in the Tang Dynasty, the Privy Council in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and the Military Aircraft Department in the Qing Dynasty.

After some thinking, Zhang Wu still chose the institution of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which can not only disperse the power of the military, so as not to concentrate it in the hands of a few people, but also make it easier for the monarch to control the army and achieve absolute control over the army.

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