Returning to the beginning, Zhao Haiping fell into deep thought.
As soon as the officers and soldiers entered the mountains, the tea bandits had already taken flight?
Is this reasonable?
Zhao Haiping can be considered a modern person who knows a lot about ancient wars. It is obviously unreasonable for this situation to happen.
In ancient wars, information and intelligence were crucial.
Many military books contain tactics about the importance of information and intelligence. Know yourself and your enemy, and you will survive a hundred battles. This is the consensus of famous generals in ancient and modern times.
A qualified general, before confronting the enemy, sends out a large number of spies and spies to detect the enemy's situation and learn as much information about the opponent as possible. This is already considered a basic operation.
However, the transmission of information in ancient times was very limited.
After all, there were no communication tools like mobile phones or telegraphs in ancient times. Except for a few cases where flying pigeons could be used to send messages, in most cases, people still had to run errands.
Whether it is a verbal message or a letter delivery, there must always be someone keeping an eye on the surrounding situation and passing information back and forth at all times.
So at the beginning, Zhao Haiping didn't think too much. He just pressed the soldiers and went directly into the mountains.
The reason is very simple. Under the backward communication method in ancient times, even if the sentries sent by the tea bandits outside discovered that the army had entered the mountains and ran back to notify the tea bandits, and the tea bandits ran away together again, there would always be a certain amount of resistance.
time.
The officers and soldiers could always grab their tails and beat them severely.
But now, the officers and soldiers have not even seen the tea bandits.
What does this mean?
Zhao Haiping calmed down and analyzed, and came to a conclusion that made him somewhat helpless: "This means that the intelligence system of the tea bandits can crush the government and the army?
"But why?
"The number of tea bandits is not very large, so it is impossible to send out a large number of sentinels to monitor the movements of the army.
"Could it be that……
"Did someone else tip them off?
"And the so-called 'other people' are probably the people around here?
"Are you kidding me? Instead of helping the government and the army, the people are helping the tea bandits?"
After some analysis, Zhao Haiping came to a conclusion that even made him feel outrageous.
Why did these tea bandits run so fast? There is no other explanation except that there were a large number of people nearby who tipped them off.
And once you figure this out, it somehow makes sense.
You must know that this group of tea bandits originally smuggled tea, and they just hired some murderous people to escort them. They had conflicts with officials and killed people, so they were forced to become bandits.
They fought in many places, but they were able to defeat the government and the army repeatedly. Of course, the reason for this was that the leader Lai Wenzheng had certain military talents. Of course, there was the reason for the low combat effectiveness of the government and the army. But the more critical reason is probably the gap in intelligence work.
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No matter how low the combat power of the army is, it is still comparable to that of the Jin people.
Beating up ordinary bandits is no problem.
The reason for the repeated defeats is that they are always fighting on the tea bandit's home ground, and the tea bandit itself has a huge intelligence advantage.
A large number of officers and soldiers went up the mountain to suppress the bandits, but the tea bandits ran away at the speed of light, leaving the officers and soldiers in vain; when the officers and soldiers returned without success, the tea bandits were able to rescue some lone officers and soldiers and beat them hard.
In the face of this gap in intelligence capabilities, isn't it difficult to fight?
As for why many common people sided with the tea bandits?
In fact, if you think about why these tea bandits turned into bandits in the first place, you will know.
Why don't they do a serious tea business? Is it because they don't like it?
Of course, it was because the tea business in the Qi Dynasty was too difficult to do at that time, tea was too expensive, and he had to be exploited by various officials along the way.
That's why these tea bandits took risks and started smuggling business.
For the local people, these tea bandits are closer to them than the official officials who rely on Nakha.
After all, these tea bandits are different from other bandit gangs in the Qi Dynasty.
Some strong men who have turned into bandits have nothing to do with production. If they want to eat large pieces of meat and drink from large bowls, they can only make a living by robbing. Naturally, the people around them will avoid them; but the tea bandits are different. They have their own
The source of income is from selling tea.
Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the people prefer the tea bandits.
"So...if you want to successfully suppress the bandits, you must find a way to cut off the connection between the tea bandits and the surrounding people.
"...That's not right either.
"It seems impossible to do, I don't have that much time."
Zhao Haiping's first reaction was to straighten out the officialdom here, and then introduce several good policies so that the people here could live and work in peace and contentment.
In this way, they should no longer support the tea bandits.
But then I thought again, although this is a good way to treat both the symptoms and the root cause, it takes too long and the results are too slow.
Many people collude with tea bandits. This has become a kind of inertia. Even if their lives get better, within three to five years, this kind of loyal relationship will still exist.
When the time comes, as long as the government troops enter the mountains in large numbers, the tea bandits will still run away immediately.
Of course it would be okay if the time was extended longer, but at this time Yu Jiaxuan, played by Zhao Haiping, was actually a firefighter. How could the court wait several years to deal with a group of tea bandits?
Although everyone knows that it is the best policy to manage a place well and eliminate banditry, this policy takes effect too slowly, and few people can afford to wait.
"So, we have to change our thinking.
"If the government troops enter the mountains on a large scale, they will be discovered, and the common people will inform them. Moreover, it takes time to gather a large number of government troops, which gives the tea bandits a window of opportunity to escape.
"So... the solution to this question is the same as the previous Fifty Riders Robbery Camp.
"Soldiers must be good, not numerous!"
"Leave the main officers and soldiers in the city, and at the same time select a group of elites to attack secretly. At the same time, send a few more teams to block the path down the mountain, and maybe we can defeat this group of tea bandits.
"Even if we can't annihilate them all, as long as we can catch the culprit, this bandit trouble should be put down."
Thinking of this, Zhao Haiping's thoughts suddenly became clear.
He started trying again.
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[From the Battle of Niuzhu: 8 years]
This prompt appeared again in Chu Ge's field of vision.
This means that he can once again test the results of his new policies.
This time, Chu Ge did not change the specific provisions of Wang Wenchuan's new law because he knew very well that there was no point in dwelling on the details of these provisions.
Historically, Wang Wenchuan was already a capable and wise official. His insights into social problems were very clear, and his solutions were, on the surface, very comprehensive.
But once it was implemented, it was completely different from what was expected.
Therefore, Chu Ge came to the conclusion after some analysis that in order to reform, we must first clarify the administration of officials.
Only if the officials under his command are a group of honest and capable officials, can the new law be implemented according to Wang Wenchuan's expectations.
Otherwise, these officials below will only sing crooked stories and use new laws to make profits for themselves, and ultimately let Wang Wenchuan be blamed for this.
Previously, Chu Ge proposed a method to rectify the administration of officials. It was not complicated, and there were two methods in total.
The first is to strengthen the performance evaluation of officials, and the second is to reduce the favor of officials.
In Chu Ge's view, this is already so basic that it cannot be more basic.
The problem of redundant officials in the Qi Dynasty was consistent throughout. A large number of incompetent officials were in high positions. For many of them, it would be fine if they were corrupt and doing things at the same time. But the key is that they are neither corrupt nor doing things, or they are both corrupt and not doing things.
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The treatment of officials in the Qi Dynasty can be said to be the highest in history. Compared with the early years of the Dasheng Dynasty, the officials of the Qi Dynasty were living in paradise.
From Chu Ge's point of view, it is obviously impossible to reduce the salaries of all these officials to the level in the early years of the Dasheng Dynasty in one step. However, I am also the prime minister of the dynasty. Under the emperor's instructions, I will conduct performance appraisals and hammer out the results.
Those officials who don't do anything are fine, right?
Nine out of ten officials at the state and county levels are incompetent. How can they push down the new law under such circumstances? That would be weird.
Moreover, Chu Ge did not intend to get rid of all these unqualified officials at once. This policy must be gradual.
For example, in the first year of the trial, we would launch a Beijing-based inspection and other measures to make a small number of particularly bad officials lose their posts, demote them to the next level, and give them another first-rate warning...
In this way, it will gradually take three to five years to slowly change the officials from the capital to the local level. When the new law is implemented in the next five years, there can always be some progress, right?
Chu Ge took a deep breath and looked at the table in front of him.
In fact, he has been mentally prepared. If he wants to rectify the government, he will inevitably encounter counterattacks and impeachments from a large number of officials, and there will even be a lot of groundless criticism.
But seeing these more impeachments than the last time, Chu Ge was still shocked.
"what's the situation?
"These people... actually said that I am a crony??"
Chu Ge casually flipped through a few chapters of the memorial to impeach him, almost having high blood pressure.
But the game has not completely failed at this time, because he still has the opportunity to go to the court to see the emperor.
If he could refute these opponents in the court and regain the emperor's trust, then there would be room for change in the matter. Naturally, his reform would be able to proceed smoothly into the second year.
In the court, officials from all walks of life quickly began their performances.
"Official officials have learned a lesson! I believe that the new law is too large in scale and difficult to implement. The measures are too drastic and will not be implemented gradually. Not only will it not be beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood, but it will also cause turmoil, causing everyone to be in danger and cliques to emerge!"
"I think that our Qi Dynasty shares the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and the state supplies are insufficient, so why should we rob the scholar-bureaucrats? If people's hearts are betrayed, who will be able to govern this huge nine states and thousands of directions for the officials?"
"I think that the new law is called to strengthen the country, but in fact it is secretly forming cronies! Officials must be on guard against it!"
"Wang Wenchuan is arrogant and untrustworthy, and he has a false reputation! If the officials continue to use him, I am afraid that he will soon become a thorn in his side!"
Listening to these criticisms of himself, Chu Ge was so angry that he couldn't help but cry out.
These people are going to die!
The so-called "official family" is the name given to the emperor in the Qi Dynasty. Some ministers explained that "the three emperors govern the world, the five emperors govern the world, and they have the virtues of the three and five, so they are called the official family."
As for the rhetoric used by these officials to attack, there are only a few types.
Some people say that the scale of the new law is too large, involving a large number of officials from all over the Qi Dynasty, making it difficult to implement at all, and it is a waste of effort;
Some people say that the new law's approach to official governance does not have any buffer at all. A group of people will be dismissed or demoted as soon as it comes up, which can easily cause turmoil;
Others say that the new law is actually a secret attempt to form cliques and threaten the emperor's status...
Chu Ge's feeling at this time was a bit inexplicable.
What kind of remarks are these!
It’s obviously not worth refuting!
However, since we are in front of the emperor, we can only show a 120-point attitude and engage in a serious verbal battle with the Confucian scholars.
The talent Chu Ge received this time was the same talent as before.
But this time the verbal battle among the Confucian scholars was obviously more righteous and confident.
The Green Crops Law was changed before, which caused losses to the country and made the emperor no longer trust him. Although his intentions were good, judging from the results, he did have to take the blame. This is true.
But what about this time?
He wants to rectify the officialdom!
The problem of officialdom was obvious to everyone, and the emperor knew it well, otherwise he would not have agreed to his plan.
If this is the case, then these people’s claims are completely self-defeating!
How do you call the measures too drastic and unreasonable? I obviously started with a very gentle aspect? Doesn’t it mean that all unqualified officials will be removed from the first step, or only some of them will be removed?
What does it mean that the scale is too large and difficult to implement? Reform is not something that can be accomplished overnight. If everything is said to be too large and cannot be done, then what kind of reform is there?
It is even more outrageous to say that the reform would offend the scholar-bureaucrats and cause them to stop supporting the emperor, leading to chaos in the world.
Did Sheng Taizu kill fewer officials? After embezzling a few taels of silver, he peeled off the skin and made it into grass. Was the world in chaos?
On the contrary, later on, the power of officials became more and more powerful, and when "all the people were in power", the people were in dire straits...
Among the scholar-bureaucrats, there are indeed officials like Wang Wenchuan who can do practical things, but there are also many who are simply worms in the country. Why, is it not allowed to remove even the worms?
Then Daqi deserved to be destroyed by the Jin Kingdom.
As for cliques, this is even more nonsense. If Wang Wenchuan wants to use people to reform, he must promote a group of people and suppress a group of people. He can't just call it cliques when it comes to the appointment and dismissal of personnel, right?
After all, a crony is a basket, and anything can be put into it.
The emperor can't be confused about such a simple thing, right?
Chu Ge was full of confidence because he knew that this emperor was not a top-notch emperor. He still wanted to do things, and his reputation in history was pretty good.
Therefore, Kang's speech this time should be effective.
Thinking of this, Chu Ge confidently refuted all the important ministers headed by Wen Junshi.
Especially when talking about cronies, Chu Ge repeatedly emphasized that the capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted. This is inevitable in the reform process and is also a normal personnel appointment and removal.
If you want to do something, you must promote some officials who can do it. Otherwise, they will restrict each other and time will be spent in meaningless internal friction. How can the reform be successful?
In a word, please trust me!
As long as you give me five years, you will definitely give back an efficient and clean officialdom to the government; if you give me ten years, you will definitely give back a wealthy country and a powerful military force!
With the blessing of talent, these words were spoken with great passion, and officials of the New Party agreed one after another.
Those members of the old party have absolutely no other option but to continue to use the term "crony" to make personal attacks.
The emperor was very moved and immediately decided to expel Wang Wenchuan from the capital.
At this time, there was a serious border conflict in the north, and the Jin soldiers might move south at any time. The imperial court needed an important minister to go out on patrol, and Wang Wenchuan was the best candidate.
Therefore, Wang Wenchuan was transferred to Hedong Xuanfu Envoy and went out on patrol.
Although he still retains the title of counselor of political affairs, he has actually been transferred out of the center of the imperial court.
This time, the attempt failed again just one year later.
