A character like Huang Lichang is a typical local snake, and he is a local snake who has gone through the entire war period. He has seen many kinds of life and death with weapons, how can he be bribed by a small favor?
What's more, he really didn't believe that this thing could be exchanged for ten kilograms of millet, so he just accepted it, then checked the dice in the village, and collected the copper coins and swords he had given out before... In this day and age, copper coins are really useless.
, at least in Hebei, it is really useless. I heard that it is possible to exchange seeds, but few people keep them.
Huang Lichang gathered the things and collected some hidden old rice. He found someone to steam it the night before, called two or three helpers, and found four or five laborers who knew how to farm in the village.
He got on his only remaining mule, pushed three wooden carts, piled on the tattered swords he had been given before, and then took the official road to the county seat.
Due to the geographical location, Huang Lichang and his party did not encounter similar people at first, which was unusual. However, after walking for more than ten miles, they still didn't encounter anyone. They couldn't help but feel worried. After asking around the village on the roadside, they found out that it turned out that
Others simply left early in the morning, hoping to arrive today, but this made the group uneasy, fearing that they would be late.
Of course, Huang Li was well-informed and knew that he would definitely not be able to arrive today, so he comforted himself and continued on his way in a hurry. As a result, he stayed at an acquaintance's house more than ten miles away from Jiangling City that night, but
Sure enough, the people who saw this place had already brought the seeds over, saying that farming tools would take time... Frankly speaking, they also looked at the seeds. The quality was not very good, but they were definitely serious new seeds, which is unusual in Hebei at the moment.
valuable.
By this time, others were getting more and more anxious, but Huang Lichang felt at ease - just don't lie to others.
However, this local tycoon still miscalculated. The next morning, he arrived at the county seat early, and sure enough, he saw farm tools and seeds in the east and west of the city. There were indeed farm tools and seeds, but it was a pity that the farm tools were fine. Given time, things would slowly improve.
Come, but the quantity of seeds was originally delivered. As a result, it was shipped too fast, and there was loss and over-reporting. Now it has been shipped, and they only said that they would have to wait for two more days.
There was no way to delay the farming season, and seeds were expensive but not marketable. Even though Huang Li Chang boasted that he was as stable as a red mountain, he couldn't help but panic at this time, so he had to go to the fast-legged boss Zhao whom he met the day before for verification.
As a result, Captain Zhao was not found, and only a young sergeant who had met the day before yesterday came out... The latter told Chang Huang that Captain Zhao had some inexplicable luck today and was left in the tent directly under the leadership of Longtou in the city.
Wang Yibu, if you become a Wang Yishi, I'm afraid you won't come back. As for the seeds, you don't have to worry. Someone did go to Lujiao Pass to transfer seeds, and they won't really refuse to give them.
Huang Lichang breathed a sigh of relief, but did not dare to leave, so he led people to find Han Xiangzheng, entered a simple camp specially set up for people like them, and exchanged the food stamps for ten kilograms of genuine rice...
… When the entourage saw Chen Mi, they relaxed and sent only one person back to report the news, so they settled down in the county seat and waited.
The next day, the seeds had not arrived yet, and everyone was panicking, so they went to see how to make farm tools...These days, even blacksmithing is a rare thing, and there are thousands of people to play Seize the Dragon, let alone dozens of blacksmiths and furnaces.
Line up, and then work in three shifts day and night to turn swords into plowshares?
Of course, Huang Li-chang was thoughtful. Others went to watch the blacksmithing, but he stayed in the camp first and greeted several other Li-changs who came late. At noon, he went to see the farming fields in the south of the city. In the afternoon,
Then he went to the city to look for old friends in the city.
But to be honest, it is really rare to see someone like him who has been in a stable position since before the Three Expeditions. After going around, most of the people's acquaintances have been lost. The few who are said to be still there are busy with something and can't see anyone.
, Duanduan is the change of things and people.
However, when he had no choice but to turn back outside the city, he unexpectedly bumped into Team Leader Zhao and Han Xiangzheng in front of the camp. These two people had been waiting for him for a while.
"Brother Huang, your luck has come." Han Xiang shouted from afar. "Brother Zhao was promoted and became Da Longtou's personal friend. He recommended you immediately, and now Da Longtou wants to see you.
"
Huang Lichang panicked, but he still hurriedly ran forward with three steps and two steps under the attention of the people around him, and raised his hands, but saluted to the leader Zhao: "You two, don't joke...Brother Zhao, what's going on?"
"
"Actually, it's nothing." It's only been a day, but Zhao's spirit is obviously different. He just stood there with his hands tied and laughed. "Han Xiang was just joking. In fact, he did it when he came back the day before yesterday and made a report.
The details were pushed to the top by the battalion leader yesterday. It happened that Da Longtou saw it with his own eyes, so he called me over and transferred me to the staff department, specializing in the customs and customs staff... But this afternoon, the leader actually asked me again,
Have you ever come here? I want to see you when you come."
Huang Lichang heard this seriously and became even more panicked: "I don't have any clothes or anything..."
"It's okay." Team Leader Zhao, or Staff Officer Zhao said frankly. "Our leader has never paid attention to this. Before, we used to chop firewood for the farm tool shop with the brothers in the camp... Just go quickly and don't waste time.
"
Huang Lizhang had no choice but to nod randomly, but in the end he borrowed a piece of cloth, filled a basin of water, wiped his face a little, wiped his hair, and rubbed the Kasugano mud off the soles of his feet on the way, and then followed Staff Zhao
After entering the city, we turned to the county government office which was full of people.
After verifying his identity, he followed Counselor Zhao into the county government office. Huang Lichang felt guilty and did not dare to raise his head. Then all he could see were Liuhe boots and he could not tell who was following whom. Only his ears kept listening and heard many strange things.
if.
"What have you done stupidly?" Someone was obviously yelling. "The leader is here in Hebei, and he obviously wants to paint cleanly...that is, Chief Bai has returned to Dengzhou, and Chief Wu has returned to Jiyin.
But in the two counties, there are 50,000 to 60,000 soldiers, more than 10,000 craftsmen, 30,000 to 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, hundreds of thousands of field soldiers, and the materials seized before. What can't be cleaned up? What heroes and what borders are left behind?
What leeway? If we hadn't deployed troops and horses on the border in advance, wouldn't you have been fooled by these heroes? The heroes in these places will be killed by him even if they dare to show half of their teeth!"
"We won't gather young people to build the foundation for the time being?" Some people are still inquiring. "Spring plowing? Are there people in Hebei who haven't convinced us? In fact, there are too many things... We need to hold an imperial examination? Literacy classes will be held together with the foundation building? Who said that?
"
Turning into a courtyard corridor, someone was arguing again on the road:
"I know what you mean, I'm used to calling you names... but there must be some serious rules... For example, the names of Mr. Lu and his two brothers are Lu Mingyue and Lu Hongyue. Everyone usually calls them Dayue and Xiaoyue. It's really
If you want to put it on the name book, it should be Mingyue, Hongyue, Wang Yishi... Oh, what the leader said? Just call the staff department and the staff officer, then call them the staff officer... I have no objection, I have always supported the leader. "
Then, entering a large courtyard, the number of people suddenly decreased. Staff Zhao went to report, leaving Huang Li Chang behind. Huang Li Chang naturally stayed where he was, but there were also people discussing something in the courtyard:
"I think it is better to separate the military and government. The military is the military, the government is the government, the military is the swords, guns, armor, cultivation and violence, and the true energy of the military formation; the government is the paperwork and laws, the knowledge and arithmetic, the people's pastoral care... Confusion in
Together, sooner or later something will go wrong."
"This is fundamentally wrong from the very beginning."
"What should I say? Please thank the leader for your advice."
"I don't dare to say that I have given you advice, but my cultivation is never about violence. It's just that when my cultivation is low, it is mostly shown in strength and used in killing people. In fact, true energy is the vitality of heaven and earth, and cultivation is when people seek Taoism.
A process of heaven... When the cultivation reaches a high level, there is no persistence in the heart, and it cannot be sustained. Once the heart of Tao is broken, the cultivation will stagnate. It is not unreasonable for the Emperor of Tang Dynasty to respect literature and cultivation; and heaven and earth
Vitality... Dare I ask, is the smooth flow of the Han River used to kill people? Isn't the most obvious effect of the earth's energy not the abundance of products? And those true dragons, aren't they the strongest, aren't they judged by the changing celestial phenomena?
?Is this considered violence? As for the grammarians, why don’t we want the grammarians? Don’t forget how the Qing Emperor ascended to heaven!"
What he said was so confusing that Huang Lichang couldn't understand it at all, but it didn't delay him to realize that this was a truly knowledgeable person, so he raised his head to take a peek and saw a man with fluttering sleeves and an air of immortality.
A figure that cannot be covered is standing at the foot of the steps, talking loudly.
Of course, after just one glance, he immediately lowered his head and continued to listen with his ears straightened.
"What Chief Xie said makes sense... However, I oppose the separation of military and political affairs because the military cannot be separated from the government, and the government cannot be separated from the military... The army also has a military law camp and a staff department. Aren't these civil and legal officials? As for government affairs
, there are also security patrols and local vigilance. Isn’t this military service? In both cases, there is me in you, and you in me.”
"I didn't say that I opposed the separation of military and political affairs..."
"What do you mean by thanking the leader?"
"I agree with the separation of military and political affairs, but the reason is different from what you think... I agree because things should be organized and organized, with dedicated tasks."
"But you just said that grammarians are needed everywhere..."
"Practitioners want it from anywhere..."
"That……"
"Civil and military classification, military and political separation, but personnel can flow between civil and military affairs."
"What's the meaning?"
"Based on a gang... A leader is a leader, not a leader of soldiers or a grammarian. Instead, he is appointed to a position based on people, transferred to positions based on merit, based on his talent and rank, and becomes a general when he comes out, and a defender when he comes in.
"
"Like a title?"
"But if this is the case, the current division within the gang is not detailed enough, right? Just the leader or the big leader is not enough."
"This is natural. I have always felt that the helmsman is a job, not a position. He should not be listed under the leader. The gang must be reorganized..."
"It's right to re-adjust, but the helmsmanship needs to be discussed. It is by no means a job..."
"Brother Huang, come in, the leader is calling!"
At this moment, Staff Officer Zhao's voice suddenly sounded from the front, startling Huang Lichang, who was entranced, and the latter quickly put his thoughts away and followed him inside.
After entering, I heard someone coming from the front and asked: "Huang Li, are you sorry? Please sit down. Next is Zhang San. I have a few things to ask you. I hope you don't take offense."
"Don't dare, don't dare, just ask if you have any questions, Big Dragon Head." Huang Lichang responded quickly, saluted quickly, and then sat down on the empty stool next to him. At the same time, he couldn't help but look up and peek, and he saw a young man sitting there.
At the top, he only wore a small samurai crown that was the same as the others, and then wore a military uniform with a waistband that was almost the same as the others. He also wore a pair of Liuhe boots on his feet, but he was also surprised.
However, this man immediately thought of the gossip he heard in the camp yesterday, fearing that this was a way for the big shot to guard against the assassination of the Grand Master.
In this way, the two exchanged words for a while. At first, Zhang Xing just asked about the number of people in the other party's family, how much land was granted, how many people are left in the family, how much food is left, and how much idle land is estimated in the surrounding area.
Inquiry language.
Immediately, it turned into a policy of freeing official slaves, redeeming private slaves, and granting land to private slaves in exchange for employment. Everyone welcomed whether they were making swords into plowshares or not, and no one dared to say no.
"Tell me." After a while, Zhang Xing continued to ask normally. "Obviously our gang is already secure in the south of Zhanghe River, but why are there still so many locals who keep causing trouble? Aren't they afraid of death?"
Huang Lichang shuddered, but immediately realized that with the identity of the other party, it was impossible for him to know or care about his previous thoughts. It was a completely normal and casual inquiry, so he tried his best to suppress his anxiety and answered:
"To be honest, Da Longtou, I think these people are not afraid of death, but mostly ignorant... They probably know that the army has won, but they don't know how much they have won. They just saw that the territory was divided into two
The county has come to an end, and we are still used to dealing with the recurring situation between the official army and the rebel army in the previous two or three years."
Zhang Xing nodded: "Yes, the government army and the rebel army went back and forth in the past few years. They only looked at past experience, and they can't be said to be wrong... But a mistake in their thoughts cost the lives of their own family and even many of their nephews, and the family also lost their lives."
After a setback, there are fewer people who are as determined as you."
Huang Lichang swallowed and continued to lower his head and wait.
"Then let me ask you again, what if...just what if, for example...you, a big local businessman like you who has stayed in your hometown for many years, give up your local village chief and move to the east to become a township magistrate or city supervisor?
Commissioner, are you willing to go?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.
Huang Lichang thought hard, and he probably knew what the other party meant, but he still couldn't help but be cautious: "If you want to be promoted, why don't you want to do it? I just don't know what to do at home? Will the land grant have any impact? Will I be bullied?
?”
"I'm not moving at home, and I'm also conferring land at home. I'm just going to work as an official in another county." Zhang Xing answered simply. "I just imitated the official and became a slightly closer official."
"I'm afraid there is someone in the neighboring county who is willing." Huang Lichang immediately responded. "But it can't be too far. People like the East Territory will feel guilty...it's not worth it."
Zhang Xing nodded: "To put it bluntly, it is determined by the position and the distance from officialdom, right?"
"right."
"Then what if..." Zhang Xing paused. "You are now the head of a village and go to the east to serve as a township magistrate. If you do well, in three years you will choose the two with the best performance from the ten townships and become a township magistrate.
County lieutenants and county magistrates from other counties, are you willing to go?"
Huang Lichang was stunned for a moment, and instinctively reminded: "Da Longtou, county captains and county magistrates are high-ranking officials, and they are appointed from above..."
Halfway through the words, the village chief got stuck because he already understood what the other party meant. So, after hesitating for a moment, the local tycoon gave the answer again: "If we go back to Dalongtou, if the military here
The rule is that it can be transferred from the countryside to serious official status. I think...at least many people are willing to go to neighboring counties."
"Are you willing?" Just when Huang Lizhang thought that this problem had been solved, the big dragon head suddenly asked a key question.
"I..." Huang Lichang was sweating on his forehead. "Of course I am..."
"Actually, you are not happy to work as an official in a neighboring county, right?" Zhang Xing said with a smile. "You are a big family. Being a local official is never for the sake of officialdom, but to maintain the momentum of the local family... It is said that this is useless in the local village.
But you can’t give it to others, is that what you mean? And those who are willing to work as officials in other counties are actually poor people who are literate but have no future, or are sergeants who have transferred from the military camp to find a place to gain a foothold?"
"Da Longtou is very knowledgeable." Huang Lichang simply stood up and bowed his head.
"But if you put it this way, wouldn't it mean that when those poor people and soldiers came to the place, they would naturally become a thorn in the side of big families like you?" Zhang Xing continued to ask with a smile.
Huang Lizhang was silent for a long time, but he gave an unexpected answer: "Reporting to the leader, from experience, it depends on time."
"How to say?"
"In the early years, when Daqi was just gone, not to mention the village chiefs, even the Wei sect's ordinary county magistrates and county magistrates had to fight with the locals wherever they went to try their luck... and so on.
, naturally some people from above would leave in embarrassment, but according to the temperament of the previous Wei Dynasty, anyone who dared to openly provoke official officials would have their family ruined. So later on, the locals often shunned them like tigers.
And those officials who came from above have also learned well, because once there are demands for taxes and young people, they can only consult with people like us below to avoid their own sins. As for now, things are actually different.
There has been chaos for several years, so many household registrations have been lost, the fields are deserted, and the army has massively colonized the fields, but no one feels that the village has been violated, let alone the small officials in the village."
"I understand what you mean. You are saying that the countryside is naturally resistant to outsiders, especially officials who come to collect taxes. This is inevitable and happens all the time...right?" Zhang Xing's face turned serious.
However, in addition to resistance, everyone must also consider the deterrence of the armored soldiers and the changes in the current situation... If there is a catastrophic disaster, everyone will not have time to think about it, right? "
"All right, all."
"Then let me ask you again." Zhang Xing continued. "Take this opportunity to make the injured sergeants who have been transferred to other jobs and the literate people recruited as township magistrates and district chiefs, and at the same time, grant farmland to the local people. From now on, they will be regarded as local people, and they will be the local people's property."
Will there be less hostility?”
"Of course it will be much less." Huang Lichang quickly laughed. "It's just about power, wealth, and the rule of law and humanity."
Zhang Xing smiled and nodded: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. Let me ask one last question... Are you willing to go to the East to be a township magistrate or city supervisor?"
Huang Lichang struggled for a moment, but still managed to shake his head.
Zhang Xing stood up without saying much: "Let's go, I'll take you out."
Huang Lichang felt like he was being pardoned and flattered. He hurriedly walked out first, then lowered his head and followed the other person out. At the same time, he could hear many people greeting the leader all the way.
In the end, the other party actually pushed him dozens of steps outside the county government gate, and then he stopped, feeling dizzy and intoxicated.
Zhang Xing turned back to the courtyard, sat back on his seat, thought for a moment, and then signed the name of Zhang San, the leader of the left-wing dragon and the commander-in-chief of Hebei military and political affairs, on the document he had prepared.
He knew very well that according to the current situation, after the new regulations were issued in this local township, there would be no resistance here in Hebei because it was smashed, but there would obviously be a rebound in the east.
In fact, these days, Zhang Xing has clearly sensed the faint resistance and dissatisfaction of the Eastern Territory towards Hebei.
This kind of resistance is systemic rather than targeted. From the emergence of deserters, to the delay of local officials in transferring supplies, to the slackness of many industrial leaders in the east in Hebei, it is difficult to say who wants to
He deliberately went against you, especially since his family had just won a major military victory, which ensured the advancement of the original plan. He did not think that any specific person or group would act evil at this time, so the only explanation was the overall
People's hearts wander.
But Zhang Xing was unable to face and rectify this problem in a short period of time.
The first is spring plowing and field farming. In the case of Hebei, if spring plowing is not done well, big troubles will occur. This is current affairs.
Then we have to consider a moderate march into Qinghe and Wuyang, but in Qinghe County, Cao Shancheng has been stubborn to a certain extent, and a battle will inevitably break out after the spring plowing.
At the same time, organizational construction cannot stop for a moment, such as the current rural regulations, but this is only a part of local government affairs. Gangs, the army, and local governments must be reorganized in detail and vigorously, and the three
There must also be a unified and smooth operating system.
That's not all. Zhang Xing knew very well that no matter whether he had the ability or not, given the current situation, he had to publicly put forward his policy agenda.
While thinking about it, he picked up a piece of paper and started to draw with charcoal.
"Overthrow the violent Wei and stabilize the world."
These eight characters were drawn in a circle, and then on the left was written "Leader of the Rebel Army of the World, comprehensive reorganization, march to Hebei, capture the land of Jin, and conquer Guanzhong" and other nonsense, but there was obvious hesitation on the right, and then he wrote, "
Legal construction, organizational system construction, military construction, ideological construction, economic construction, agricultural construction, cultural etiquette construction"... There was a question mark on the last word, and it became "religious, cultural etiquette construction".
In the end, he covered the paper again and re-wrote some big and inappropriate words that came to mind, such as "Win people's hearts, educate them, make the best use of the land, select talented people, lighten the prison sentences, distribute taxes and levies, organize the troops and horses,
"Business and trade" things.
That's not all. After a while, Zhang Xingfu tore up some more notes and wrote whatever he thought of. Then he glued these notes under the things he had written down on the previous two pieces of paper.
For example, in the area of legal construction, there are three clauses at the end: "Follow the old system, relax sentences and prisons, and go to dependence." It is obvious that they are copying the laws of the Wei Dynasty, and then based on this, further derivation of tolerance for the lower classes is carried out, and at the same time, special emphasis is placed on
Relevant regulations emphasizing the release of slaves and reducing personal dependence.
However, Zhang Xing was not satisfied with the mess and dozens of articles he wrote.
In his opinion, some words were too spacey, some were too thin, and some notes didn't know where to stick them. When he looked up, he felt that the one on the left actually included the one on the right, and the one on the right was a duplicate of the last one. It was completely inappropriate.
Organized.
All I can say is that policy implementation on paper is really ridiculous.
So, feeling depressed for a moment, Zhang Xing simply stood up, turned around and went outside to get some fresh air, and finally left the county office and went to the blacksmith shop outside the city to watch blacksmithing... What man wouldn't like to see this?
What he didn't know was that shortly after he left the east gate, Qian Tang and Dou Lide entered from the south gate because of farm matters, and Wei Xuanding and Xiong Bonan also entered from the west gate accompanied by Xu Shiying, who had just crossed the river.
I came to look for him, and then I saw those scraps.
There aren't that many rules in the gang, and besides, you have no one to cover yourself when you put it on the big table. Therefore, Wei Xuanding took the lead, and everyone simply swarmed around to take a look. After watching for a long time, everyone turned pale and felt guilty.
After a long while, Chen Binlai, the newly surrendered man, smiled bitterly: "It has only been ten days since Xue Cui retreated. There have been civil and military affairs in the middle, and internal and external disputes. However, the dragon's head is like water flowing over the mountain. It is straight and clear, clear and peaceful on the outside."
, Hidden in the hills and valleys, I thought it was extraordinary to deal with it so calmly, but I didn't expect that I still had the intention behind it to write such a big article that would determine the world. It was indeed as rumored that this leader had won the favor of a certain supreme being.
A person given by God?"
For a while, no one said anything, including Xu Shiying, who just stole a piece of paper early and prepared to copy it.
