Chapter 13 The Western Liaoning Conference

When Ji Kang, accompanied by Shi Kang, came to the big tent in the front of the army, the plate in front of everyone had already been removed. Ji Kang waved his hand, stopped everyone's salute, walked straight to his seat and sat down, and said to everyone:

"Have you eaten enough?"

"I'm full."

Everyone laughed, and suddenly felt that this little prince was so kind.

Ji Kang nodded and said in a childish voice:

"When you're full, you have to work hard next, and the specific drama will be arranged for you. In addition, I want to tell you that Himemo-sama will supervise the work you do. ”

"I don't care what you do, I just want the result. It doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat. But in the process, I only ask for one point, not to harm the interests of the people, let alone make the people's grievances boil. ”

"At this stage, I'm just going to talk about a few big aspects."

"First, we must appease the homeless and the wild. The entire county of western Liaoning, including the 12 counties of Yangleji, the county capital, has a reported population of more than 154,000 people. ”

"From now on, by the end of next year, at least double my current population. I will give you all the more than 20,000 displaced people I have brought, and I will not take them with me. And the ultimate goal is that the population of each of your counties will reach at least 30,000, and the county capital Yangle will reach 60,000. ”

"What I want to tell all of you here is that whether they are Hu people, Yi people, Dongguryeo people, or others, as long as they are willing to live, survive, work, and pay taxes on this land, they are all Yan people, and they are all our people. As far as I know, there are at least 300,000 such people in the entire Liaoxi County, including the displaced people. ”

"Second, it is necessary to increase the number of acres of land, increase the output, and reduce the tax on grain. The entire 12 counties of Liaoxi County reported more than 3.62 million mu of land (one mu of Yanguo is equivalent to one-fifth of the current one-fifth), and the average yield per mu is more than 60 catties (one catty of Yanguo is equivalent to 250 grams). ”

"The people of Liaoxi County now have less than 20 acres of land per capita. And half of the grain produced by the people must be handed over to the government, how can this be obtained? How the people lived. ”

When Ji Kang said this, his angry little hand slapped the table, picked up the dumpling soup that Shi Dang poured for himself, and took a big sip.

All the people stood up and said in unison:

"We are guilty, please punish the prince."

Ji Kang's little hand continued to pat the table and said:

"I don't want you to plead guilty, I want you to do it. What I want to say is that from now until the end of next year, I will demand that Liaoxi County and even Liaodong County must have at least 20 mu of land per capita, increase the output to 80 catties, and at the same time reduce the tax and grain by 10 percent, and collect grain according to June Fourth. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will supervise you, if you dare to take an extra tael of grain from the people, I will cut off one or two pieces of meat from him, and if I collect an extra catty, I will cut off one catty of his flesh, and so on."

"There are many specific measures, ladies and gentlemen, Liaoxi and Liaodong counties are rich in water systems, and if you build canals and reservoirs and irrigate the land, you can turn acres of land into fertile land. According to Zou Yan's method, the yield can be increased by allocating manure to the acre, not to mention the promotion of new planting technology, which can double our grain yield per mu. But it requires us to work hard and work hard. ”

"Tomorrow I will show you a new type of tool, which has been practiced, and the use of this tool can improve the efficiency of farming, which can be at least five times more efficient than the current farming."

"Ahh

Looking at Ding Wan and many other officials, the expressions of surprise and confusion. Ji Kang didn't want to explain too much, and after taking a sip of the noodle soup, he continued:

"Third, the separation of military and political affairs. In the future, the county guard will specialize in managing and handling local affairs, and will no longer interfere in the affairs of the army. The county guards have set up special agencies to be responsible for local law and order issues. Specific measures and management methods, Master Xi Xin will make specific arrangements. I won't go into that here. ”

"The army, on the other hand, is specifically responsible for training soldiers and preparing them for war, and they must obey the command, manage the army strictly, and be able to fight when they come, and win the war. In the future, its funds and grain and grass will be specially allocated by the prince's mansion, and it can no longer engage in commercial and other activities. ”

"In the future, there will be a deputy post in addition to the main post of a hundred generals and above, and the rank will be the same as the main post.

The deputy is responsible for managing the daily life, personnel, logistics, discipline and other matters of the army, and supervising the main duties; The main job is only responsible for training and doing combat tasks. During the war, the deputy shall not interfere with any military decisions of the principal officer, and shall resolutely implement the decisions of the principal officer. ”

"The military marquis Wang Shi listens to the order."

The two hundred and fifth Lord Wang Shi hurriedly stood up, bowed and said:

"The last general will obey orders."

"General Wang Shi, I understand your past. You fought bravely, starting as an ordinary sergeant and working your way up to where you are now. ”

"Especially in June of the year before last, the Huns attacked me, and you followed General Lejian, as a vanguard, to raid the Huns and go deep into the territory of the Huns for hundreds of miles.

Especially when he encountered the main force of the Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang, he had more than ten wounds on his body, and he fought to the death and did not retreat, and killed a Hun captain. But because you came from a poor background, you didn't get treated fairly, and you didn't get promoted. ”

"General Wang Shi, I have now decided to give you a promotion to reward your loyalty and courage for more than ten years. I appointed you as the military and horse governor of Liaoxi County, and the position of general is responsible for the training and combat tasks of all the armies in Liaoxi County. ”

Wang Shi's eyes were red, thinking of himself, forgetting his life and death in the army for more than ten years, and also thinking of the many injustices he received because he was born poor. Kneeling on the ground, he couldn't help himself, and cried loudly:

"Thank you to the prince, Wang Shi will repay the prince with death."

Ji Kang nodded, nodded to Wang Shi and said:

"I remember your words, and the army in Liaoxi County will look at you. Get up. ”

"No."

"Here, I want to tell you all the adults here that in my jurisdiction, no one's merits will be erased, I will not look at your origin, I will only look at your merits, you will be rewarded for your merits, you will be punished for your mistakes, you will be punished if you have a law, and you will be prosecuted for violating the law."

Looking at Ding Wan and many other officials of Liaoxi County, with nervous faces, Ji Kang smiled:

"You don't have to be nervous, I don't care how everyone did in the past, as long as it doesn't make people angry and angry, I won't be held accountable. However, it is necessary to hand over the land that has been encroached upon, to hand over half of the embezzled money to the state treasury, and to compensate the common people who have violated it in the past. From today onwards, if I commit it again in the future, I am not afraid of the head rolling. ”

Ding Wan and the others were obviously relieved, bowed down to Ji Kang and said:

"Obey the king's orders."

Ji Kang nodded, took another sip of the noodle soup that Shi Dare added, and said:

"I'm not afraid to tell you that Master Juxin will formulate perfect rules for rewards and punishments. As long as everyone completes the task every year, I will reward the officials at least 10% of the income from the state treasury at the end of the year. ”

"Let everyone take the money at ease, use it happily, and no longer have to worry about corruption and extortion of those small money. I can tell you responsibly that I will make you gain ten, twenty or more than you have now. ”

Looking at the faces of everyone below, from fear to yearning, Ji Kang nodded with relief, it's really not easy.

"Fourth, suppress bandits. What I understand is that bandits are rampant in the counties of western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning, and there are 24 gangs with names and surnames in the counties of western Liaoning. The largest gang numbered seven or eight hundred, and the smallest had hundreds of people. ”

"We want to develop, we want to improve people's livelihood, we want people to live and work in peace and contentment, but the premise is that there must be a stable environment. These gangs are our worst enemies and must be exterminated. ”

"I can give them a chance now, and the counties will order them to go back and send them a notice that as long as they have not killed innocent people, they can go home and farm, and the government will resettle them."

"Those who have killed innocent people must serve in mines designated by the government, and those who have served for three years shall be exempted from all criminal responsibility; Joining the army in wartime, and not dying can also be exempted from all crimes.

Give them half a month to think about it, and if it continues to exist after the expiration date, the local county officials will cooperate with the army and be responsible for resolutely exterminating them, and the gang leaders who are captured alive will be killed on the spot, and the others will serve in the mines. ”

"This is a last chance for these gangsters, and also a chance for some of the officials here. Starting today, if any more officials are found to be colluding with gangs or conniving at or supporting gangs, they will be killed. Do you understand? ”

"No."

"County Shou Ding Wan."

"The minister is here."

"You will go down later, and give full authority to General Wang Shi for the command of the 15,000 troops in Liaoxi County. This should be done within three days, and there should be no mistakes. ”

"Obey the order."

"Have all the resettlement sites for the displaced people been established in Liaoxi County?"

"The prince of Qiqi has been established. Each county uses the original abandoned villages, with an average of two resettlement sites, each resettlement site has 1,000 people, and is responsible for distributing land and houses when the displaced people arrive. And as you commanded, open canals and build roads, and give work for relief. ”

"Good. Just follow this to get off to a good start for future recruitment. You have also seen the management of the homeless camp, and then Lord Ji Xin will give each of you a copy of the management regulations, which you can refer to in the future. Whoever asks me to starve to death and freeze to death one of the more than 20,000 displaced people brought by thousands of miles will be severely punished according to law. ”

Ji Kang's little face showed a murderous look.

"No."

"Okay, that's the end of today's meeting, let's go back and think about it for ourselves, and then Lord Ju Xin will sort out the content of the meeting minutes and issue them to everyone.

In addition, the minutes of the meeting should be sent to Liaodong County as soon as possible, so that all counties in Liaodong County can handle it accordingly. My mother and I are not going into the city, so go back. If you don't want to enter the city, there are tents set up in the barracks, you can ask General Shi Yong for them, and everyone can disband. ”

"No."

Then he said to Wang Shi and Ding Wan:

"Ding Wan County Shou, General Wang Shi, you two stay for a while, I still have something to do."

"No."

When only Ji Xin, Ji Mao, Wang Shi, Ji Kang and Shi Kang were left in the big tent, Ji Kang said to Wang Shi:

"Ding Junshou, General Wang, your task is very heavy and urgent,"

Ding Wan and Wang Shi looked at each other and said together:

"Please advise the prince."

"Cracking down on bandits is our main task at the present stage, and it is also the primary condition for whether or not we can carry out our work in the future."

"First, you have to work closely with General Wang Shi so that General Wang Shi can take over the army smoothly and inform General Wang of everything he knows. If you can do this well, you will do a great job. ”

Ding Wan hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Don't worry, the minister will do it."

Ji Kang nodded and continued:

"Second, now that it's freezing and most of the bandits are staying in their nests, this is the best time for us to exterminate the bandits. The two of you must cooperate closely, and you must completely eliminate all bandits before the beginning of spring next year. Before suppressing bandits, it is necessary to pay attention to the secrecy of the operation. ”

"No."

"Go ahead, get this done and I'll remember you forever."

"I will live up to the trust of the prince." Ding Wan and Wang Shi replied together.