Of course, Ding Jian didn't just come back with Ding Wei and Ding Xiong. In order to build Jingnan into a core area along the Changjiang River to resist pseudo-beams, a large number of people have converged here through different channels. The first step is to block Dai Chao's attack and Zhu Youzhen's possible attack from the direction of Yiyang. The second step is to compete with Xiang Xun in the south.

After being appointed as the long history of Jingnan Festival Town, he quickly entered his role.

"Liu Jing, although you have just arrived in Jiangling, you don't have time to rest, and you are about to start doing things." Looking at a slender man in his early forties standing in front of him, Ding Jian said.

"It's not hard work, but now the lower officials are high-spirited." Liu Jing smiled, "I'm just waiting for your order!" ”

"Okay." Ding Jian said with a smile: "You have always been in charge of public opinion affairs in Yixing Society, and this time, you are still in charge of this aspect of affairs." You already have some ideas on the way here, right? ”

"Yes!" Liu Jing nodded and said, "The reason why I only came to report to you today is because I went around Jingnan roughly. This place deserves to be the land of fish and rice. The rent collected by Changshi's family is as high as sixty percent, and no one has starved to death. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing chuckled.

Ding Jian's face was a little hot, you must know that in the north, the rent collected by the landlord's family cannot be higher than 30%.

"Get down to business."

"Yes!" Liu Jing restrained his smile and stopped joking: "Generally speaking, the people of Jingnan are used to being comfortable, although they can pay high rents, they can still live, and if they can survive, they naturally lack the spirit of struggle." To put it bluntly, it is to be obedient and have no wolf nature, which is naturally a good thing for the ruler of a place, but if it is in the face of foreign aggression, it is not very good. ”

"That's what I've thought of too." Ding Jian nodded.

"So the first step, I am ready to let the people of Jingnan feel the crisis." Liu Jing said: "Let them know how brutal the pseudo-Liang is, how harsh it is to the people, and how difficult it is for the people to survive under the rule of the pseudo-Liang." Such an example is easy to find, and what Zhu Youzhen did after occupying Eyue is even more vivid in front of everyone. It is easy to find the people from Eyue to show up and say, to make the people of Jingnan feel the pain of their skin, make them feel frightened, feel afraid. Thus giving birth to the mind to resist the pseudo-beam. ”

"The second step!"

"The second step is to wait until Changshi, you take Jing Nan to block Dai Chao's attack." Liu Jing said: "At this stage, it is natural to publicize how brave our Jingnan people are, how they are afraid of death to defend their hometown and protect their hometown. Presumably, when the time comes, such heroic deeds will be grasped in hand, so as to arouse the hearts of the same enemy. ”

"As long as you can block the first attack of the Super League, you can basically stabilize the situation." Ding Jian said: "Then it's time to move on to the next stage, isn't it?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jing said: "At this stage, we should publicize our benefits. Let the people here know that a person can live like this, can live a better life, live a more brilliant life, and at this point, more people of Yixing Society can do what they are best at, step by step deeply embedded in the local area, and play their due role. ”

Ding Jian nodded: "Very good, in this regard, you are an expert, I will give you ten scribes, and start your work immediately." ”

"Understood!" Liu Jing bowed and retreated.

"Vuk!" Ding Jian looked at the second person. "How is the internal guard deployed in the entire Jingnan network?"

"Back to the long history, counting this year, Neiwei has been operating in Jingnan for two years, according to the original strategy, we have put our main target on the side of the chief officials of various states and counties in Jingnan Jiedu, of course, some powerful gentry have also placed some people, but because the time is too short, we can't become the henchmen of these people." Wu Kedao, whose face is extremely ordinary, has a public face.

"Increase the intensity of work, it doesn't matter if the methods are simple and rude, I will give you a cover, I need to grasp the thoughts of these people as soon as possible, just in case." Ding Jian said: "Do you need me to send you some more manpower?" ”

Wu Ke hesitated for a moment and said, "If that's the case, I do need some manpower, but these people must be reliable." We don't have time to do a detailed review, so we can only rely on you for a long time. ”

"I'll pick someone from the Ding family to give it to you." Ding Jian said: "So, is there still a problem?" ”

"I need money, and if it's simple and crude, the previous activities would not be enough." Wu Ke said: "In addition, sometimes the technique may be more intense, and at this point, Changshi must know in his heart." ”

Ding Jian took a deep breath, he naturally knew what Wu Ke meant by the fierce technique. "When necessary, do what you need to do."

"Understood." Wu Ke turned to leave, looking at this guy walking against the root of the wall, avoiding the strength of the sun, Ding Jian felt a little cold, anyway, many people in the internal guard, in his eyes, are not normal. When he was in the river, in the last half of the year, he had in-depth cooperation with the internal guards and saw their methods.

As a high-ranking official, a traditional official, he instinctively didn't like such a department as the internal guard, but he also knew that such a department was absolutely indispensable. He has been away from Jingnan for too long, even if he comes back now, with the support of his father-in-law and father, and the endorsement of the Bai family of the Ding family behind him, he will always feel at ease if he does not have his own information channels.

When it comes to him, it is impossible to pin all his hopes on others, even his father-in-law and father, only what is in his own hands can make him settle.

"Loushanguan, you are a good hand sent by the household department, next, the judge of Jingnan Jiedu Mansion will tell the old, you will take over, I ask you to clarify the money, grain, and taxes under the rule of Jingnan Jiedu in the shortest possible time, I want to know how much income we have in a year, how much expenditure, which can be throttled, and where can we open source. At the same time, make the most reasonable plan out. Looking at the third one standing in front of him, his back was a little rickety, his eyes were always squinting, he was not old but he was like a little old man, Ding Jian commanded.

"Long history, money and grain taxes have always been the most critical place in a place, and it is also the most prone to problems, I have two assistants, and I also need to go in, and at the same time, I am afraid that if you want to clarify it in a short time, you need to cut through the mess quickly. I asked Vuk to help me in the early days. ”

Ding Jian was silent for a moment, and said, "If you want to move someone, you have to report it to me first, and I can only do it with my permission." ”

"Understood."

There were only two people left in the room, Ding Wei and Ding Xiong, rubbing his brows, Ding Jian raised his head, looked at the two of them and said, "In the past few days, you have run a lot of places and seen a lot of troops, how is it?" ”

Ding Wei turned his head to look at Ding Xiong and said, "Da Lang, the situation is worrying. ”

"Don't compare Jingnan's army with our army in the north." Ding Jian waved his hand a little annoyed.

"The first problem is the shortage. We have a general understanding of the situation that all departments have empty salaries, and the most serious shortage of staff is about 30 percent, and the best is also short of 10 percent. This is still the garrison near Gangneung Province, and the garrisons of other states, but I am afraid that the problem will be more serious. According to this ratio, Jingnan's so-called 30,000 troops are at most more than 20,000. ”

Ding Jian sighed, the problem of the officer's empty salary, I am afraid that the army out of the north is a stubborn disease everywhere.

"There are also problems with the army's equipment, and many weapons are old and need to be replaced in large quantities." Ding Xiong continued: "We took Da Lang's warrant to check the arsenals of various places, and the reserves in the arsenals were also insufficient. We checked it at random, and some of the strong crossbows, looking tightly wrapped, turned out to be broken when they were opened, and they couldn't be used at all. ”

Ding Jian's face became even more ugly.

"Da Lang, judging from our experience, if such an army pulls up, we are afraid that it will be defeated." Ding Wei said with a heavy heart.

"You can't count on these past armies." Ding Xiong said: "Da Lang, either reorganize or re-recruit the army." ”

"Recruiting is of course a must, but it takes time. Ding Wei, you are responsible for doing this thing, I will ask for the permission of the Jiedu envoy, and the first batch of 5,000 young people will be recruited and handed over to you for training. Ding Jian said.

"Da Lang, I hope to urgently transfer a group of officers from the north. I don't want these officers in Jingnan. Ding Wei said: "One soldier bears, one bear." ”

"It's definitely too late to transfer from the north. I want to find a way to let Li Hao transfer a group of officers from Yangzhou over! Although he felt that his face was gloomy, Ding Jian had to admit that this was the reality.

"In addition, I will ask the Jiedu envoy for permission to draw some people from the existing army to form a new army, you can personally choose these people, in addition, I will hand over all the private soldiers of the Ding family to you, I can't be the master of the Bai family, but I can still do it as the master of the Ding family." Ding Jian pondered for a moment and said: "The Ding family has a private army of 1,000 people, these 1,000 people can be completely trusted, the combat effectiveness and equipment are all superior, you will transfer another 2,000 people out of each department, and the people who are transferred out must be used, and those miscellaneous people, absolutely not." In the earliest battles, I hope that this unit can provoke the girder and have some bright colors, so that we can see hope in the midst of disadvantages. ”

"Understood, Dalang." Ding Xiong nodded vigorously.

"Tomorrow, I will go to see the water master in Jingnan, I hope their situation is better, if the water master can be used, we will be much easier. If it doesn't work, I can only transfer people from Dongting Zheng Wenchang's side, but in this way, the strength in the direction of Yueyang will be weakened. Ding Jian said with some distress.