Chapter 2398: Balance with balance
??As the sunset hung over the horizon, Mi Heng was sitting in a donkey cart preparing to go home.
If we compare the current means of transportation of the Han Dynasty with those of later generations, then individual ownership of horses is equivalent to individual ownership of private vehicles in later generations. In later generations, private vehicles need to pay vehicle and vessel taxes, road maintenance fees, annual inspection fees, and constant maintenance. They also need to fill up with gas every now and then. The expenses are not small. The same was true for horses in the Han Dynasty.
Mi Heng has a great reputation, but he doesn’t have much money and can’t save any money, so he can only take a taxi when he goes out, and it can’t be a high-end taxi, but a donkey cart.
The cheapest.
But even in the cheapest donkey cart, Mi Heng sat upright, as if he were sitting in a high-end canopy cart.
In the fields of Sanfu, in addition to the working farmers and women, there are also some captured war criminals. These people are basically shackled, with numb faces. Every step they take, the iron chains under their feet are It made a clattering sound.
? Mi Heng does not pity these people. Although sometimes Mi Heng does have a lot of sympathy, it does not mean that Mi Heng''s sympathy will be used on these prisoners of war and slaves.
The Han Dynasty still has a partial slavery system. These prisoner-of-war slaves who can farm are relatively lucky. At least they farm in the farmland without any danger to their lives, while those who know nothing and neither know how to farm are relatively lucky. Those who were not good at handicrafts or animal husbandry, but only had strength, would be sent to the mines.
Every year, some such slaves will die silently, and some slaves will escape from the sea of ??suffering and become so-called Dahan residents, the kind of residents who hold green cards. If you want to become a real Dahan citizen, you must Only in exchange for military merit.
At least that was the case under Hussar rule.
This is the "Prisoner of War Law" issued by the Hussars General a long time ago. Even Mi Heng, who likes to argue, thinks it is very reasonable. These rebellions in the surrounding areas triggered various wars, which made the big men have to pay iron and blood to quell them. If they just beheaded these guys, it would undoubtedly be too cheap for these guys. From a Han perspective, as long as the Han Dynasty still has the power to suppress these slaves, such rules must be implemented.
Because the victor is the Han, if on the other hand the victor is these barbarians, then those who become slaves and are used as cattle and sheep will be Han.
Many times, this world does not exist for fairness.
The sufferings caused by the Xiongnu have been experienced countless times by the Han people before, so Mi Heng has no sympathy for these people. Mi Heng believes that if these barbarians in the desert are the victors, these guys will only go further.
Mi Heng enjoys the current situation in Guanzhong. At least, he can see the strength of the Dahan, instead of only seeing the corruption of the Dahan.
?This restored his somewhat distorted understanding to some extent.
?Beside the official road not far away, there was a thick wooden stake, and a person, or the shape of a person, was hung on the stake. The corpse had long since rotted, and most of the flesh on its body had been eaten by various scavenging animals, leaving only the bones.
When there is oppression, there is naturally resistance, and these are runaway slaves. If caught, they would be hanged on such a wooden pillar and placed in front of the other slaves.
?This method of instruction is more effective than telling these slaves a thousand times or ten thousand times.
Mi Heng prides himself on being a person who is full of compassion for the world, but his compassion is only for Han people, not including these barbarians, because it is very simple, Mi Heng is a Han. Eating Han people''s food, drinking Han people''s water, wearing Han people''s clothes, and receiving Han people''s salary, everything in Mi Heng is closely related to the Han people. Then he puts down his bowl and chopsticks to speak for the Hu people, and then turns around and insults the Han people. Mi Heng can''t do it.
So at the moment, even if Mi Heng is sometimes unwilling to admit it, he cannot ignore the merits of General Hussar.
Because these achievements are vividly displayed in front of Mi Heng.
The expedition during the Han Dynasty was actually an adventure.
Unknown distances, unknown roads, unknown enemies, and unknown dangers are constantly testing the endurance of the Han people. But the Cavalry General Fei Qian challenged the endurance of the Han people again and again. The key is that the Cavalry General Fei Qian succeeded!
If you succeed once, you can naturally call it a fluke. Then he stood up and said that the hussar general should not be careless in his short life. He should not ignore the risks just because of one success. Soldiers are the most important thing for the country, and so on.
Anyway, this is a person who can spit out words if he has an open mouth. However, after the hussar general succeeded again and again, these mouths clicked twice and closed.
Then even Mi Heng shut his mouth.
?No one now dares to comment on the expeditionary behavior of the Hussars.
Just like not many people dare to criticize some of the policies of the Hussars General.
Afraid of being slapped in the face.
It hurts.
So even if Fei Qian ordered Yun Er to be responsible for the allocation of places related to Qinglong Temple, no one jumped out to object for a while. Then these guys set their sights on Mi Heng, and they wanted to get Mi Heng to come out and cause trouble.
But this time, Mi Heng has more or less returned to normal and is not so easily fooled. After all, he suffered a loss in Yecheng before, so he needs to have a longer memory, right?
What’s more, Feiqian’s straight hook fishing is not just once or twice...
??Although Mi Heng also looks down upon Yun Er.
Yun Er is a rough man!
When we meet, it’s about what you’re looking at. We don’t talk about having a fight, and we don’t talk about eating or drinking.
But such a rough man was sent to Qinglong Temple to participate in the so-called discussion system. This is obviously problematic. Jiang Taigong had been fishing for so long before he caught King Wen of Zhou. Fei Qian''s fishing, which is similar to a straight hook, really does not follow the basic laws.
But the question is, is Fei Qian going too far?
There seems to be no problem.
In Qinglong Temple, the site was built by Fei Qian, and all the bricks, stones and wooden beams were paid by Fei Qian. So is it normal for Fei Qian to charge some usage fees? Does Fei Qian have the final say on who is sent to collect this fee?
So after Yun Er arrived, some people immediately speculated on the intention of the hussar, and even thought whether this arrangement represented the direction of the next stage...
In fact, Fei Qian''s idea is still the same as before. It has the support of the real doers, or in other words, the doers are artificially screened out. We cannot be like some officials who work hard for the country and do their best, but get nothing for their hard work and gain nothing. All their achievements are appropriated by others. We cannot let some officials rely on bragging and personal connections to have their mouths full. It''s oily, but it doesn''t do anything.
You are very smart in learning, so you don’t say anything.
The rest of the people will not be the first to jump out and openly resist.
Everyone was watching, waiting, expecting the first person to confront Fei Qian to appear.
Who could it be?
Mi Heng is also considering this issue.
?Perhaps they are those people who say all day long that they are not generous enough, not benevolent enough, and do not embody the majesty of the Han Dynasty?
? Sometimes Mi Heng also wonders, is it a bit too much for Hussar to do this, or does it mean that Hussar treats these noble children as nothing? But if you think about it the other way around, you can understand that Yunji is not in charge of the assignments of all the places of Qingryuji Temple. He is only in charge of issues related to the "Law of Corruption" such as "holiness", "mercy" and "tolerance". The place is allocated.
?So even if Fei Qian doesn''t use Yun Er to set up obstacles for these guys, is it possible that these guys will say good things to Fei Qian and express their support for Fei Qian''s "Law of Corruption"?
Obviously, not.
In the past few days, Pang Tong has been leading his men to deal with the officials and local powerful people who have violated the "Law of Corruption" one by one. The lighter ones have to pay fines, the more serious ones have their property confiscated, and the more serious ones are to have their heads killed.
After all, Pang Tong has the title of Si Zhi, so he needs to do this kind of thing. The stolen money has become additional investment in the next wave of public projects such as building roads, expanding docks and bridges, and what''s even more exaggerated is that these additional investment projects are like the newly built manor next to Feixiongxuan. It was named as someone who was fined and confiscated a certain amount of property.
It even made some noble clan members feel like they were choking in their throats, unable to speak or vomit. In the past, building bridges and paving roads was a great merit and was remembered and commemorated by the villagers. Now, it is very awkward to be trampled by thousands of people.
?This is what Mi Heng saw. Qiaoqi’s intention of fishing with a straight hook was too obvious, and he didn’t catch anything at all...
In other words, it has been caught and it is uncomfortable.
After all, Fei Qian was in control of the military. When all the soldiers shouted "The Hussars will be victorious", they screamed at the top of their lungs and their veins jumped. Every noble boy knew that as long as these soldiers were loyal to the Hussars, they would be loyal. Yu Feiqian, then what Fei Qian said is what he said, if you want to chop someone''s head off, even if he dies, you have to chop it off again.
This is not a joke.
When Zhang Jue died, his body was dragged out of the coffin and whipped. Although the Hussars General’s subordinates were not so exaggerated, their soldiers were still unscrupulous in executing orders...
Mi Heng heard that there was a guy in Longxi who was involved with the Linjing Zhao family. When he was traced, he didn''t know whether he was too old and couldn''t stand the shock, or he was originally sick and the result was not there yet. When he came out, he was frightened to death first, and then he was sentenced to beheading. He was actually dragged out of the body, and his head was still chopped off.
?But the problem is, Mi Heng can''t figure out how Fei Qian can confirm that the loyalty of these soldiers can be sustained?
The problems that Mi Heng can think of, Fei Qian can naturally think of.
Go to the martial arts hall! 』
Fei Qian led the guards out of the city and headed to the martial arts hall.
??The original martial arts lecture hall was not big, but later because more and more people attended the martial arts lecture hall, it was moved outside the third ring road to the fifth ring road.
??The newly built martial arts hall was rebuilt from the original Chang''an old camp. It occupies a very large area. There is also a huge school field next to the martial arts hall, which can be used for military training and martial arts performances. There are walls around it, and there is a watchtower on top of the wall. It is basically built according to the layout of a military fortress. After entering the gate, there is a large square. Behind the large square are four rows of two-story houses, which can accommodate a thousand people. Accommodation for two hundred persons.
Behind the four dormitory buildings is the functional area, including the original large and small lecture halls, large and small exhibition halls, as well as the sacrificial wine, doctor''s accommodation area and office area in the martial arts hall, as well as two canteens, one large and one small. Medical department and other supporting facilities.
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??As for the general''s wine offering, it is not fixed. It was Xu Huang before, but now Xu Huang will go to Sichuan and Shu in the next stage to take charge, so Fei Qian is planning to transfer Zhang Liao to serve as the general''s wine offering for a period of time. Previously, Xu Huang talked mostly about infantry combat, formation arrangement, mutual cooperation, mobilization of flags and drums, etc. In the next stage, Zhang Liao will serve as the wine sacrificer, and he will mainly focus on talking about cavalry tactics, looking for opportunities before the formation, etc. wait.
Anyway, different generals naturally have different priorities.
??If it''s Wei Yan, it''s basically mountain warfare plus surprise attack...
As for the instructors in the martial arts hall, in principle, they are middle-aged non-commissioned officers who have retired under various generals. These non-commissioned officers are older, and their fighting strength will inevitably decline due to age, but their battle experience will increase with their age. The ages are getting richer and richer, so letting these middle-aged non-commissioned officers serve as instructors is actually a very good arrangement.
?Fei Qian checked the students'' dormitories, mainly the beds and bedding. The previous batch of students have left and are now preparing to welcome the new batch of students. Therefore, if these things are not used for a long time, they will naturally easily cause mold or become a paradise for mice and other creatures.
But, overall, it looks pretty good.
At least it''s not the kind of response under a surprise inspection. It''s really clean and maintained by someone on weekdays. There is some dust in some places, which is harmless, but the surroundings don''t seem to have made arrangements in advance because they knew Fei Qian was coming. Traces left by washing, etc.
In later generations, when superior leaders inspected the companies or institutions below, they always had to do some general cleaning. However, it is obvious that not all cleaning can be dried quickly. It can be done the next day or the third day. The sky did not leave any water stains, so the question arises. Did the superiors see the temporary cleaning water stains, did they not see them, or did they treat them as if they did not see them?
Fei Qian walked slowly inward while looking at it.
?Fei Qian once considered the political commissar system of later generations, extending the control hand to the grassroots soldiers, but after careful consideration, Fei Qian gave up this idea. While the idea is indeed tempting, the idea, like most historical initiatives, actually has pros and cons.
So it is better to use the Martial Arts Hall directly.
??Originally, the military supervision system in the Han Dynasty was also very complicated.
?For example, the eunuchs in the Luoyang Palace were responsible for the provision of grain and grass, ordnance, arrows, crossbows, etc. needed for the army to travel, but local prefects could also privately raise a certain amount of military grain and equipment. That is to say. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, if a military general wanted to march and fight, if he wanted the court to transport grain, grass, and equip equipment, he had to go through careful review by eunuchs like Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong before he could transfer and deploy it.
??If the local military commanders do not need the imperial court to send grain and grass to fight, and the local county warehouses can meet their military needs, they only need to be reviewed by the local prefect and state governor, and then reported to the imperial court.
?This kind of military supervision system looks very good, but in fact it is basically zero.
That’s why there were eighteen princes fighting against Dong Zhuo…
The local authority is too great, so if you say something against it, you will go against it.
Of course, this is also because four hundred years before the Han Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty in China was similar to a system in which the emperor''s position was falsely high but had no real power, and the princes each ruled one side. Therefore, even in the Han Dynasty, although the emperor''s feudal vassal system was abandoned and the county system was adopted, the reform path was limited by the historical perspective and could not go too far.
?Hence, the issue of military power, if you want to control the entire army, cannot be solved with a few simple words or a few people. Whether it is the military supervision system or the political commissar system, in the era of cold weapons and inconvenient communications, they all point directly to a very thorny issue, which is the army''s battlefield command authority.
The system of military supervision or political commissar is to control the army more effectively, but such a system will often have the opposite effect in the later stage. In the impression of later generations, I will not mention those eccentric eunuchs and supervisors. Just talking about political commissars who sound like "Ula" is often not a good image.
?In history, the Supervisory Army began in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and then extended to later generations. It has never been discontinued, and has always been passed down and transformed. The **** supervisor army obviously has the worst reputation, but the other two supervisor army models are not much better.
Supervising the army is not "monitoring the army and generals" as people generally think. Supervising the army and generals is one of the duties of supervising the military, but the power of supervising the military is not limited to monitoring the army.
Supervising the army is more important for supervision, inspection, control, etc. As for monitoring alone, it becomes extremely important mostly when the world is in chaos.
?So Feiqian doesn’t have a military supervision system now? There are also some, and they belong to the civilian supervising army.
??It is not advisable for military attachés to supervise the army. This has been proven in the former Qin Dynasty.
So now most of them are civilian officials supervising the army.
That is, when each general leads the troops into battle, he appoints a civilian official to be in charge of important military activities such as transportation of supplies, deployment of officials, statistics of meritorious service, etc., and is also responsible for the delivery of documents between the army and the central government. His official rank is generally lower than that of the chief general of each army. It''s like being by Zhao Yun''s side, originally it was Sima Yi, but now it''s Xin Pi.
Civilian supervision of the army should have been a more appropriate method to balance the internal civil and military affairs and adjust the power between ministers and the emperor. However, this type of supervision of the army is most likely to occur in two situations.
One is internal strife resulting from civil and military discord. Since they belong to two systems, no one can forcefully submit to the other. The final outcome of this kind of internal fighting is often that the two parties hold each other back, fight for power, and even deliberately create defeats to prove the other party''s strategic mistakes.
There may even be bad incidents of overstepping the rules and planning to kill...
Another disadvantage is that the stage of military generals is in the border areas, while the core of civil servants is in the capital. Civil servants often not only supervise the army, but also have the mission of political battles in the court. Military behavior is regarded as an important bargaining chip in the political battles within the court. Civil servants took advantage of the military supervision system to control the military personnel. With the army in their hands, they in turn fought against political opponents and even against the emperor. The final outcome of this complete politicization of military affairs is even more conceivable. Such cases have occurred in all dynasties, with the two Song Dynasties having the most cases!
Because civil servants were seen to be unreliable, the Ming Dynasty mostly used eunuchs to supervise the army. However, it is obvious that eunuchs caused the most tragedies in the Ming Dynasty...
Why is there a supervisory army?
That is because since ancient times, there have been very few people who are both good generals and loyal to the country. Therefore, the emperor has no choice but to use those generals who are talented but have some moral problems, in an attempt to use people who are loyal to the country to restrain these generals who are good at fighting, so that The military does not become an individual''s private property, but belongs to the country.
Fei Qian stood in front of the lobby of the martial arts hall, looking up with his hands behind his back.
Why can''t we think about the problem from another angle?
(End of this chapter)