"General." Cao Zongyu said: "I have no objection to the regular rationing of food. However, I think food distribution needs to be divided into different levels. I think there must be no problem with the food supply for thousands of soldiers. As the first level, and the strong men who can work

They are classified into the second category, while the elderly who cannot work are classified into the third category."

Zhang Xuan was silent for a while and said: "Okay."

Of course Zhang Xuan knows what is his foundation, not the people's support in Linying, but his subordinates. He can only hold all three thousand subordinates in his hands. If there are any changes in the future, he still has the capital to make a comeback. And for the food problem

, lowering the treatment of the soldiers. If the soldiers mutinied, Zhang Xuan's head would be removed without hesitation.

In fact, Zhang Xuan also knew that the others were somewhat deceiving themselves. After all, his old subordinates could not lower their food standards. The purpose of saving food could not be achieved at all.

"Brother Zhang, Third Brother Zhang, organize the people in the city, down to each individual, can you do it?" Zhang Xuan asked.

The purpose of any policy proposed is good, but to see the final result, it must be seen whether it can be implemented. Zhang Xuan does not have that many talents at hand and can only rely on the Zhang family. Without the Zhang family’s

Without the help of others, any method proposed by Zhang Xuan is a piece of paper. There are more than 20,000 people in Linying City, and Zhang Xuan cannot be allowed to manage them one by one.

"The people in the city each have their own lijia, and they only need to fill in according to the regulations. However, the people outside the city are in chaos, and it is not an easy task to sort them out." Zhang Zhi said.

If Zhang Xuan had just arrived in the Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to understand what Zhang Zhi said at all, but after hanging out for so long, Zhang Xuan knew a lot about the basic political power of the Ming Dynasty, so he could understand what Zhang Zhi said.

mean.

Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty was a control freak. He weaved an extremely fine network for the Ming Dynasty. This network could control every citizen of the Ming Dynasty, and this network was the Yellow Book.

However, with the decline of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow Book, which was regarded as the most important in the early Ming Dynasty, also fell into an unsustainable situation. First, the compilation of the Yellow Book was very consuming of manpower and material resources. Not to mention, you can

Understood as the yellow registration system, it is today's household registration book, but it is divided into four parts. Each person, county, province, and central government keep one part, and it is changed every year. However, with such a large population in the Ming Dynasty, it was revised every ten years.

All taxes and servants were paid from then on. There was no Internet at that time, so you can imagine what a huge project it was. When Taizu and Chengzu were still there, it was okay, and there were powerful monarchs to suppress it. But once such powerful monarchs left, the yellow books

The repairs were in decline, and due to the accumulation of many shortcomings, the yellow book had long been unusable and inconsistent with the actual situation. County officials in various places secretly created a set, called the white book, which was actually the government's private account.

However, the Lijia system still exists in the city. It is very simple that when the county was established, it was determined that a certain place belonged to a certain person, just like a certain area in the city was a family home of a certain factory, although the population is no longer clear.

, the people living there may not be the family members of a certain unit. But the house is here. You can still get it by pressing the address and re-editing the Li A.

But things are different outside the county seat.

Speaking of outside the city, we have to mention one thing, which is the rural covenant and the Baojia system.

It can be said that the Baojia system has a long history. When Wang Anshi carried out his political reform, it was the Baojia system. However, the rise of the Baojia system in the Ming Dynasty was after the collapse of the Yellow Book Lijia system. On the one hand, it was the need for government management to fill the vacancies in the Lijia system. On the other hand, the Baojia system

It was also the local gentry who became big, because there was a rural covenant first, and then Baojia. In some places, the government had greater power, and the Baojiang was sent by the government. But in many places, the Baochan was hereditary from the chief of a certain large clan.

The key point is that the grassroots power structure of the Ming Dynasty transitioned from the Lijia system to the Baojia system, which shows that the Ming Dynasty changed from a strong government that didn't care about everything to a weak government that couldn't control anything.

The above is just a background introduction.

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said: "Wu Laiqing."

"My subordinates are here." Wu Laiqing said with some anxiety. Many of the hungry people outside the city came with the Wu brothers.

Zhang Xuan said: "I appoint you as Linying Qianhu, and assign all the hungry people outside the city to you. Within a few days, I will see the roster of Linying Qianhu. From now on, the food will be distributed according to flowers.

Here comes the roster. Do you remember it?"

"I obey," Wu Laiqing said.

Zhang Xuan also saw that the Wu Laiqing brothers were not illiterate.

Just being literate is the only requirement Zhang Xuan has for his subordinates.

Zhang Xuan held a meeting with his subordinates for a whole morning, and finally arranged everything. Linying City was in panic again. The Zhang brothers led the Zhang family to find some young scholars who had a difficult life, and provided services for them.

The rebels served. And started

The whole city organized the Lijia, and after hearing this, food was distributed according to this, and the whole city cooperated extremely well. The Wu brothers were also placed in the northwest of the city, in the Longevity Palace, and in the city guard camp. The Wu brothers were also working hard

Prepare a roster for all personnel.

But in the county government office, when Zhang Xuan faced a table of food, he felt like he couldn't eat without stopping his cup and throwing chopsticks.

The dishes were not very good, but they were homemade, with one stir-fried garlic sprouts and one pickled horse meat. Such dishes were just common in later generations, but they were indeed extremely luxurious in this era.

"What's wrong?" Luo Yujiao said cautiously: "Why is it not to your liking?"

"No?" Zhang Xuan could also tell,

This is what Luo Yujiao did as a cook. Luo Yujiao followed her father around and had never learned anything that women in ancient times had to learn. She was good at bowing, horseback riding, and shooting. Now that she was willing to learn cooking again for Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan was only moved.

But when he thought of the hungry people outside, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but said: "If people starve to death every day in Henan, it would be inappropriate for us to eat these."

"Is this already very simple?" Luo Yujiao said: "When I came here, I asked about it. Linying garlic is also a specialty. This horse meat is from a horse that died in the battle of Xiangcheng a month ago. I

I left it for you because I couldn’t bear to eat it.”

"I know you are good, Madam, but," Zhang Xuan said, "I really can't eat. The food in the army is simply not enough to feed all the people in the city. I will save some tomorrow, and you can go to the camp with me to eat."

What kind of food was there in the camp? It was just enough porridge.

"Okay." Luo Yujiao said, "I know your husband is kind-hearted. Okay, I agree. Since the army is short of food and grass, I will go outside with Mrs. Tian to get more wild vegetables. This is the season. It will be later.

, even the wild vegetables are gone.”

It is now the middle of October of the lunar calendar. The wilderness is already a mixture of yellow and green. Some of the grass and trees are withered and yellow. But there are still some grass and trees that are still green, but they cannot last long.

When Zhang Xuan heard the wild vegetables, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Yes, there are also wild vegetables?" He got up immediately and prepared to go out.

Luo Yujiao said: "What are you going to do?"

Zhang Xuan said: "Send people to go to the fields to pick wild vegetables."

Luo Yujiao couldn't help but smile and said: "Zhang Lang has never touched Yang Chun Shui. I still need you to remind me about this. I dare say that the food in the camp is definitely wild vegetable porridge, and there are more wild vegetables and less food."

Zhang Xuan suddenly felt relieved. For no other reason, when he calculated the food data, he never included the data of wild vegetables. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he did not even tell others how many days the food could last. Now he suddenly added the data of wild vegetables.

After the changes, maybe his food supply is no longer so tight.

In any case, Zhang Xuan still has the matter of wild vegetables on his mind, and he doesn't know how many wild vegetables are still in the fields at this time. This is related to the rations of tens of thousands of people, so Zhang Xuan cannot help but take it seriously.

"No matter what?" Luo Yujiao said: "Eat the food first. Nowadays, food is precious and cannot be wasted."

As soon as Zhang Xuan heard this, he sat down and finished the meal in three strokes. He then said something to Luo Yujiao and went out immediately. He first called for the Wu brothers and then for licorice. They discussed together how to eat as much food as possible.
Chapter completed!