Then Gao Yue and Wei Gao shook each other secretly. After sitting down, before they could wait for the vocals of the wine and food, Gao Yue couldn't wait to suggest to Zhu Li:

"In my humble opinion, Longzhou has been in ruins for many years and its wars have been destroyed. We can first let Wei Chengwu build a field in Wei Yang City (i.e. Qianyang). There is Longshan in the west and Wei Shan in the east. It is connected to Fengxiang and Liangyuan in Jingzhou. It is a central place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, it can be irrigated from water sources and has abundant grass. It is the most suitable place for military farming. "

"Okay! Just do what Yisong said." Zhu Li sat in the seat, immediately reached out to express his full agreement, and then laughed again, almost flattering Wei Gao and Gao Yue. "Ah, when Shen Ce led the camp to enter Shu through Fengxiang, I lamented that talent like Yisong had not been able to enter my shogunate, but now after the mutiny of Jingzhou City, I was also considered a blessing in disguise. At the same time, Chengwu and Yisong were no less than the lie-in-the-long and phoenix chicks!"

"Why can you compare yourself with Emperor Zhaolie of Han?" Wei Gao immediately criticized.

"Oh, hahahaha, I'm speechless." Zhu Li hurriedly put on his forehead and apologized with a smile.

Then Gao Yue suggested: "Then is the relationship between Yuanzhou Travel and Duzhuo?"

It turned out that Yang Yan had previously developed two systems: "three-point tax rice system" and "food grains out of boundary". Gao Yue had been pondering and studying these two systems. These two systems were actually two parallel components on the military and political machine in the Tang Dynasty: under the three-point system, taxes were divided into upper supply (to the central government), remit (to the Jiedushi) and remit (to the Jiedushi) and remit (to the Jiedushi) to support the soldiers in the town. The "military capital" of the military government is actually the "remit" part of the three-point; but once the Jiedushi's soldiers left the boundary (in jurisdiction) to fight, they had to pay the money and feed.

However, the military expenditure in the northwest border states is also special. According to the "Military Supplementary Map" written by Wang Yanwei during the Kaicheng (Tang Dynasty's reign, 836-840), the Tang Dynasty raised 990,000 troops at that time, "in addition to the clothes of soldiers in the state, the remaining 400,000 were given to the Dushu."

What does this sentence mean? That is to say, at that time, we rounded up the whole world and counted as one million troops. Then 600,000 were Fangzhen soldiers or Zhou soldiers. Most of these troops were distributed in Guandong, southeast and southwest areas. Among them, Fangzhen soldiers were raised by the Jieduan using the money and grain of "Liuzhou", and the provincial soldiers were raised by the governors of each state with the money and grain of "Liuzhou". Only when they left the boundary to fight, the money paid by the central government would be used.

So where are the remaining 400,000 soldiers? The answers are the Northwest Frontier Army, the Shence Army (the mobile military force directly under the central government), the Sixth Army of the North Ya (the old Imperial Guard, in a semi-destroyed state), the Jinwu Weiyuan (the Jinwu Army, Weiyuan Camp, the Public Security Army in the Imperial City), and the autumn-proof soldiers drawn from all over the place every autumn, which together together 400,000. The clothes, rations and bonuses of these soldiers are all unified by the Duzhi.

In fact, Gao Yue came to Baili south of Jingzhou this time, Lingtai and Liangyuan set up "Yuanzhou Travel" to implement the Yingtian, which was also the name of the Central Du Branch, namely "Duzhi Yingtian".

Then, now we can clearly divide the two components of the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty, and we can also have a summary understanding of Wang Yanwei's "Military Supply Picture", which is also the conclusion that Gao Yue figured out:

In terms of regional perspective, there are eight military prefectures in the northwest, namely Fengxiang, Bining, Jingyuan, Lingyan, Zhenwu, Fufang, Yinxia, ​​and Hedong. Because the soldiers in these military prefectures were responsible for the heaviest border defense tasks, and the border areas were deserted due to years of war and their household registration was sharply reduced, it was difficult to collect taxes like the mainland, so all the food, drink, defecation and slaughter were under the control of the central government; while the soldiers in the other posts were supported by the Jiedu and the Governor respectively with "Liuzhou" and "Liuzhou" money.

It is simpler in terms of action. The northwest border army and the Shence army were undoubtedly consuming Duzhi, and after going to the expedition, they had to eat three times the "out of boundary grain"; while the Fangzhen soldiers and the state soldiers in other areas had to eat the Jiedushi when they stayed in the expedition, and the state's finances also had to eat three times the "out of boundary grain" after going to the expedition.

So for the imperial court, once there is an internal and external war, the expenditure will be amazing.

The previous Jingyuan quelled the rebellion is a typical example.

Gao Yue's meaning to Zhu Li was, "We built fields, and the soldiers were given by the military commanders. The money for building cities was paid by the Duzhi Department. After the establishment of the garrison, the remaining grain reserves were in Jingyuan, and Fengxiang provided the army. If we get 100,000 stones of corn a year, the Duzhi Department would not have to allocate 100,000 stones of corn from the southeast and outside the pass. Then the saved money for raising and transporting foot is deducted from the military expenses allocated?"

Although Zhu Li smiled on the surface, he was also very scheming in his heart. He knew Gao Yue’s worries, so he calmly said to Gao Yue:

"Don't worry, even in the southeast region where the rice is collected, the imperial court will not collect all the food in the fields, right? We can also build a three-quarters of the field!"

Gao Yue was overjoyed, and he was waiting for Zhu Li to express his opinion! So he quickly told him a complete plan for land camping:

He planned to build a new city in Baili and migrate to Lingtai County's capital here. Then, with it as the center, he opened 3,000 hectares of camp land and 4,000 soldiers from the camp land (including 3,000 soldiers from Jingyuan and 1,000 soldiers from Fanyang in Fengxiang Prefecture) to build a Baili City. The cost of starting the camp land and the military expenses of the camp land and the military expenses of the camp land are still provided by the Duzhi Department, but the rice and grain obtained from the camp land are divided into the "three quotas" like two taxes, one is "Duzhihudou rice", which is nominally the Duzhi Department of the Ministry of Revenue.

It is important to keep the reserves in the Yingtian Patrol Granary, which is equivalent to the cost of the land allocated by the Chongdu Branch Office. The military can call the land free of charge when going to fight. One is "Beijing Field and Breeding Rice". This part of the reserves are stored in the Junzhou Granary and serve as the food for the soldiers. This will greatly save the cost of the transfer of military rations from other regions and other regions every year. Once the Dudu Branch saves money, the Minister of the Central Committee will not make any embarrassment on the land in a short time.

Of course, the last rank was Gao Yue's most shocking move. He changed the original regulations that all the land received in the camp were handed over to the military government, but instead required that the part of the grain obtained be kept for the soldiers of the camp be "without the money" and the ownership belongs to the soldiers themselves to mobilize their enthusiasm for the land.

The ratio of the third grade is "four and four two".

That is, if there are 100,000 stones of corn, 40,000 stones belong to the Yingtian Passing Court of Duzhi Department, 40,000 stones belong to the reserve grain of the Jiedushi, and 20,000 stones belong to the Yingtian soldiers and families.

This move is certainly not unfamiliar to Gao Yue. The combination of Bao's household and collective cooperative...

Of course, the entire allocation of materials is still firmly in Gao Yue's hands, because his role is two-sided. He took the Lingtai County Magistrate and the Power of the Yuanzhou Xingzai (equivalent to half the governor), and the Jingyuan Jieduan; and the Yingtian Judge, the Envoy of the Horse and the Ai Fanluo envoy belong to the central government's envoy.

After the agreement, Zhu Li patted his chest and promised that he would submit the plan for the field to the court himself.

"That's great. I'll build a city in a hundred miles."

"Does Yi Song have any experience in building a city?" Wei Gao asked.

"Four words, the military city is integrated." Gao Yue was calm and unhurried.
Chapter completed!