The military camp outside Baishui County was originally empty because people left after the parade, but recently it was filled with people again.
"Master Sir, all the seizures from the thieves' nest and warehouses have been counted."
Disciple Zhao Jingzhi led two followers and carried a large basket of scrolls into the tent. He looked quite proud: "Although a certain clerk has finished counting, he has not yet become a county clerk!"
After Li Tai heard this, he was quite proud. Baishui County was in the county seat, and the combined work efficiency of the clerks in the county and county offices was not as good as that of his subordinates. It can be seen that the general affairs education in Zhuangzhong was also very effective.
As early as when he attacked the Hu tribe in northern Shaanxi, he deeply felt the pain of having to throw away a large number of trophies due to insufficient digestibility. This time when suppressing bandits in Guannei counties, he attached great importance to this aspect of work and started from Shangyuan Village.
A team of more than 30 clerks was formed through school entrance examinations and transfers from various industries to ensure efficiency and to know the results in the shortest possible time.
Otherwise, after a battle, we have to rely on county officials to count the spoils, and we don’t know how much corruption will be committed. If all these county officials were of high moral character and as honest as water, there would be no need for Daxingtai to carry out the "Six-Article Edict".
Class ideological education has been constructed.
The leader of the group of bandits that was wiped out this time was named Ma Jinshan, who served as a state official in Beiyongzhou in the early years of Datong. In the fourth year of Datong, a rebellion broke out in Guanzhong during the Battle of Heqiao, and he took a group of villagers to help.
It was in chaos, and because it was familiar with the local conditions, it fled into the mountains, avoiding being purged, and it has still existed to this day.
In fact, this year Bafu has the idea of hunting westward along the northern part of the Guanzhong Plain to Qizhou after the Grand Parade. If the hunting can be carried out normally, this group of bandits will be wiped out by hand. It is a pity that the Grand Parade does not go well.
Everything went smoothly, and Daxingtai was forced to give up the hunting plan.
Madmen have their own destiny. Originally, this group of bandits had already fled westward into the Liupan Mountains after learning about the White Water Parade. However, after learning that the Parade had ended, they returned to their hometown and arrogantly attacked nearby counties.
He was ordered to collect supplies, so he bumped into the hands of Li Tai, who was about to test his skills.
After a battle, the main force of the bandits was wiped out, and the bandit leader was kept in his lair in the mountains. A group of ruthless bandits who had caused trouble for several years were wiped out so easily. Instead, they spent more time cleaning the battlefield and collecting trophies.
time.
Although this group of bandits did not have high combat effectiveness, they had considerable reserves. Nearly 10,000 kilograms of gold, silver, copper and iron were seized. In addition to killing and wounding the fleeing bandits, they also captured nearly 3,000 men and women.
However, only a few thousand dan of grain and less than a thousand bolts of cloth were collected. Compared to a large bandit tribe with thousands of people, such a reserve of grain and silk was already very dangerous.
If Li Tai does not come to exterminate them, this bandit will inevitably launch a large-scale robbery this winter, otherwise they will not be able to survive the winter with their savings. If they survive, no one knows how many people in the county will suffer.
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"Demon Town Museum"
Among the various seizures, copper and iron accounted for the vast majority, and gold and silver were also considerable, amounting to thousands of kilograms. This does not mean that this gang has strong financial resources. There must still be no suitable environment for selling stolen goods, so these
Materials that are not easy to sell as stolen goods can only be accumulated for many years, which finally made Li Tai cheaper.
So even if you want to be a bandit, you have to be a good thief. If you don’t have a good mass base, no one will be willing to help you sell the stolen goods. No matter how precious these gold and silver are, can you chew them to satisfy your hunger? This kind of spoils structure also shows that at least Baishui County
There is no powerful and powerful person in the territory who would collude with him.
In addition, there were hundreds of cattle, horses, and other miscellaneous animals. This time the bandit suppression was a good start.
According to the agreement between Li Tai and the county government, all these trophies must belong to him. The supplies are just returned. Li Tai is not like those captives, who can cash in or replace them even if he does not use them, but those captives have some
Difficult to handle.
Some of these people are relatives of thieves, but a considerable number of them were kidnapped, and their relatives are still looking forward to being reunited.
The most convenient way is to recruit them as soldiers and use them as slaves. However, after this decision is made, it is unknown how many families will continue to suffer the pain of separation of flesh and blood.
Li Tai asked himself that he was not a morally virtuous person, but he still felt a little uncomfortable if he had increased the suffering of many people just for the sake of temporary convenience.
After pondering for a while, he said: "Go and report to the county magistrate. The county will allocate five hundred soldiers, and all the copper and iron materials will be sent to Baishui Village along the river. All the prisoners captured in the bandit's nest will be sent to Baishui Village."
Counties are in decline."
When the subordinates informed the county government of the news, the county guard immediately nodded in agreement and personally came to the military camp outside the city to express his thanks.
This is not because Li Tai's subordinate Wu Hanyong was frightened into obeying his advice. Although he won the battle beautifully, Li Tai's power was not enough to make the prefect of a county stay humble. The key is that this arrangement is also of great benefit.
In county politics.
For today's county officials, increasing household registration and expanding cultivated area are the most important political achievements. But if you want to do it well, you don't just need to dedicate a piece of wasteland and put people in it.
Kansai has been in turmoil for many years, and many households have died in the countryside. The government's expansion of households is to ensure that the people have something to cultivate and taxes can be paid in the long run.
However, even if these displaced households have no roots and are granted registration and land, they have no grassroots rural organizational relationships to restrain them. Once they encounter bad weather or military disasters, they will inevitably have to flee in groups. They may even have no idea of settling down at all.
After cheating on the farm tools issued by the government, Gu Zhong turned around and left.
If the official register is compiled and the rent cannot be collected, not only will it be useless, but it will also be a serious crime.
Sometimes local powerful people will use this method to fight against the government. After the new official takes office, he will create a register and grant land to the households under his command. After the registration is completed, the households will be gathered back. The result is that the registered households will increase, but the rent will be lost year after year.
, how long can such a function last?
Kansai has been in turmoil for many years, and this phenomenon will be caused by the people taking it easy. Faced with this situation, local officials will also feel powerless and can only be cautious in administration and dare not be greedy for too much.
The eradication of such a group of stubborn thieves was naturally a good opportunity to expand reclamation and production. The villagers Li Tai rescued from the thieves' nest had kinship and village connections, and were the most suitable candidates for household expansion and land granting.
As for those captives whose roots are unknown, even if they are in the prime of life, they do not dare to be registered and granted land easily. What means of production they are given can only be used as slaves.
In addition to thanking him, the county governor brought up the old matter again and hoped that Li Tai could establish the Fangcheng in Baishui County.
After seeing the combat effectiveness of Li Tai's troops, the county governor offered more generous terms, saying that as long as Li Tai nodded, all the artificial materials used for city defense would be borne by the county government, and a thousand people would be drafted every year, as well as funds.
Part of the forage for city defense.
In addition to the fixed annual rent, transfer, regular taxes and service, the counties in the Kansai region also have to bear a certain amount of food for the military, which is also a heavy burden.
But if Li Tai fortified it here, the county government would have reason to refuse the additional food delivery mission sent by his superiors. Moreover, Li Tai's troops have high combat effectiveness, strong mobility and strict military discipline. It would be reassuring if they could stay here for a long time.
Such conditions can be said to be quite sincere, but Li Tai has decided to fortify Chengcheng County on the east bank of Luoshui River.
Because the county magistrate of Shibao County under Chengcheng County has expired this winter and will be resigning, and the county magistrate promised to recommend the candidate provided by Li Tai to the Taifu, which is equivalent to bringing the entire Shibao County into Fangcheng's sphere of influence.
In contrast, Li Tai naturally preferred the conditions in Chengcheng County, so he could only say sorry to Baishui County.
However, he also promised that if there were any bandit troubles in Baishui County, his troops could cross the river to suppress them at any time. After all, he still had property in Baishui County, and he also wanted to set up a weapons workshop in Baishui County. For adults,
Of course the idea is that I want them all, not limited to Luodong or Luoxi.
The result of the negotiations was that Baishui County was responsible for raising a batch of coal and other materials to Li Tai every year, and Li Tai charged them according to the current price, which can be regarded as saving the labor and freight costs of purchasing.
Li Tai is responsible for the food quota for a thousand people and horses in Baishui County. When the Taiwan government redistributes the food to five counties and counties, it will take this situation into consideration and relieve some of the pressure on Baishui County.
To put it bluntly, Li Tai is responsible for protecting Baishui County now. If these military leaders in Bafu want to fight Qiu Feng, don't come here if they want to give you face. If you don't want to give face, then don't give it. If you want Li Tai to actually come forward to expel it, this
You have to add money.
Li Tai's troops stayed outside the city of Baishui County for another two days. After the loot was clearly inventoried and distributed, some of the easy-to-carry portions were taken away directly, while the other portion was temporarily stored in the Baishui County treasury and asked them to send people back one after another. Then Li Tai then
Lead the troops to leave.
After a day's march, they arrived at Zhang Yuan in the southern Baishui territory. Lu Chuan and other pioneers came to greet them. In addition to these soldiers from the headquarters, there were also many local soldiers from this territory who followed.
After the troops had finished camped outside the manor, Li Tai entered the tent to take a short rest. Then he introduced Lu Chuan and several villagers and asked, "What's going on? Let's talk."
When several villagers saw that Li Tai was so young and handsome, which was completely contrary to the image of a warrior they had imagined in their minds, they were surprised and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang He, the elder of the tribe, came forward to pay homage and said: "The common people are guilty.
I used to have a feud with the local tycoon Zhou family, but now that they are in power, they send hard laborers from the county to my family every time. In order to protect the sons and daughters of the household, I can only pretend to be kidnapped by the bandits..."
"Are you a bandit yourself?"
After hearing this, Li Tai sneered, and then said in a deep voice: "I have also heard about the notorious reputation of Shannan Flying Kites. Now I am willing to give you a chance. If you still don't tell me honestly, then there is no need to say it anymore."
Zhang Shinu, the young man who followed the entry into the account, fell to his knees with a plop: "The great governor Mingjian, the common people are Shannan flying kites. In the past years, I did some banditry to make a living, but this is not the same as the elders in the household."
It has nothing to do with it. If the Grand Governor needs to increase the punishment, the guilty people will bear it all..." This chapter has been completed!