"Listening to Ma Xianzun's words, there must be a good way to break the enemy, right?" Ding Yuying asked again.

Ma Wanchun shook his head and said: "It's not a good strategy, Gale Fort is a dangerous place, in the past, when my family ruled the Stone Pillar Xuanfu Division, there were bandits entrenched there, and they have not been pacified for many years." Later, the thieves of the Great Wind Castle joined the Liukou, and the dangerous place of the Great Wind Castle was occupied by the Liukou, and it continued to be built and expanded, becoming the current scale. Now that thousands of rogues are entrenched in the middle, it may take several years to exterminate them, and they also have to operate the stone pillar to obtain the law before it can be effective. ”

"What does it have to do with banditry and running a stone pillar?" Ding Yuying continued to inquire.

Ma Wanchun said: "In the past, my stone pillar preached that the soldiers were strong and strong, and they could send troops on expeditions to kill the enemy for the country, but they couldn't level the bandits who were close at hand, why is this?" ”

Why?

Zhu Hexing and Ding Yuying were both interested and looked at Ma Wanchun.

Ma Wanchun asked himself and replied: "In the past, the bandits in Gale Fort were difficult to peace, because the stone pillar was a poor place, and there were always some hungry and cold people who were desperate, so there were constantly people who couldn't survive to go up the mountain to follow the thieves, and Gale Fort would be difficult to break for a long time. Even if it is attacked for a while, there will still be people who will go up the mountain to fight for it in the near future. ”

Ding Yuying sighed: "I didn't expect that there are so many loyal and righteous people in Shizhu, but it is a poor place where the people are in a difficult place, and it is really difficult to comfort the officials of the department." ”

Zhu Hexing said: "It's not a poor place, where does the white pole elite come from?" Since ancient times, it has been a poor country and an elite soldier! Aren't all the guards I brought with me raised by teenagers from the bitter cold land of the Nine Sides? ”

Although Zhu Hexing doesn't know how to govern a county and a government, let alone how to be a Ming monarch, his military quality is still okay. His test scores in the military class in the Army Lecture Hall also show this!

So although his words are not good, they are also true. At that time, Qin Liangyu was able to continue to send troops from Shizhu, but it was also because the people of Shizhu were poor, there were many people and few places, the traffic was blocked, and there was no way to develop industry and commerce, and too many young and strong people had no way out, so they were willing to join the army to fight and exchange their lives for money.

The current Ming Army also recruited soldiers from the poor countryside as much as possible, and at the same time, the children of the military aristocracy of Yingtian were the main source of professional officers, and the meritorious soldiers of the Guards were the secondary source of professional officers (officers from the Guards could not serve as officers of the Guards), and the young soldiers of the Guards were all from the barren land.

Although Zhu Hexing, the crown prince, has not observed the people's feelings, he has interned in the army and has been in contact with many soldiers from the barren land.

Zhu Hexing then said: "But now the bandits on Dafeng Fort are all Shaanxi military households, and there have been many Sichuan farmers who have bullied Shizhu in the past, so the Sichuan people of Shizhu should not go up the mountain to join them, right?" ”

Ma Wanchun nodded and said: "Of course not for the time being, but if we can't firmly control the Sichuan farmers in Shizhu and give them a way out, it will be difficult to say whether there will be farmers who can't go up the mountain in the future." ”

Zhu Hexing asked: "Then how do we firmly control the Sichuan farmers in Shizhu?" ”

Ma Wanchun stretched out two fingers and said: "What is still useful at the moment are three methods, the first is to open a branch and take scholars, and select the useful people of the stone pillar first, and they are owned by me."

The second is to clear the land of all households, and it is necessary to find out all the land of all households, and then distribute it evenly according to the fat and thin of the land...... We can't do it if we want the people of Shizhu to live and work in peace and contentment, but we have to be able to let everyone in Shizhu have a stutter.

Again, of course, it's a conscription of the villagers! With the available people and the land for the people, of course, they have to help to suppress the thieves! ”

"Let the townspeople be brave and kill the thieves?" Zhu Hexing frowned and said, "Can Xiang Yong beat the rogue military households on the mountain?" ”

"Of course I can't beat it!" Ma Wanchun shook his head, "No matter how brave the township is, he is also a farmer who does not practice military affairs. Even women and children are the military families of the Liukou, and they have been practicing martial arts for a long time. The military households who rely on the countryside to bravely suppress the rogue will definitely suffer heavy losses. But we still have to use Xiangyong! ”

"Why?" Zhu Hexing didn't understand.

In his opinion, the outrageous military households in Fort Gale still have to rely on the regular army! If there are not enough soldiers, they will be transferred again...... If you want to encircle and suppress the bandits on the mountain, you must at least several times the enemy's strength, and you should be able to transfer a division to it. And using the township to suppress thieves is simply giving away people's heads. Even if you can kill a few thieves, your casualties may be several times greater!

Ma Wanchun explained: "There are three benefits to using Xiangyong, one is that it can last! The key to suppressing bandits is not bravery, but persistence. Moreover, Sichuan's Shanda, even if 10,000 elite soldiers are transferred and besieged from all sides, there will be a huge gap for the rogues to escape. It is very likely that he killed the old and weak and escaped the strong.

Moreover, the consumption of 10,000 elite soldiers is not a small number, the stone pillar is inconvenient, and it is a poor mountain and bad water, so it is very difficult to support 10,000 foreign troops for a long time. If the supply of the guest army is insufficient, it is inevitable that the people will be disturbed, and the contradictions between the army and the people will be together, and the thieves on the mountain will have a chance!

The second is to make the people of the stone pillar and the thieves on the mountain become a force of fire and water, and the township is brave to suppress the thieves, no matter which side of the dead people, they will regard the other party as enemies...... This is the hatred of killing a father, killing a brother and killing a son, this hatred is not shared! If the people and the thieves have a common enmity, the thieves will become street rats that everyone shouts and beats, and they will not dare to go down the mountain in small shares, and if they go down the mountain in large shares, they will be easily attacked by our elite soldiers. If they don't go down the mountain, how long will they be able to keep going?

The third is to give hope to the poor people of the stone pillar...... Killing thieves for meritorious service, meritorious service and rewarding, whether it is rewarding money, land or officials, it is always a hope! With hope, no matter how hard and tired it is, it will be easy to survive. If the people can survive, our officials will be easy to do. ”

What a ruthless magistrate!

After listening to Ma Wanchun's words, Ding Yuying already knew in his heart - this parent official didn't care how many people died below, all he cared about was to exterminate the rogue on the mountain earlier! But then again, exterminating the thieves on the mountain is really good for the people under the mountain. Long pain is better than short pain!

Zhu Hexing nodded again and again, this Mazhi County is capable! His method is indeed more useful than mobilizing a large army...... Bring a division of troops over, and people eat and eat horses, and consume a lot of things. The transportation of the stone pillar is inconvenient, and the entire Dongchuan is short of grain and grass, so there is not much supply at all, so the supply of the army is likely to depend on the local area of the stone pillar.

In this case, the military-civilian contradictions are likely to intensify! Although most of the local Sichuan people in Shizhu hate the Shaanxi military household landlords, it is difficult to ensure that some people have benefited from the Shaanxi military households...... When the time comes, the hearts of the people will be divided, and the thieves on the mountain will be difficult to destroy.

"Ma Zhixian," Ding Yuying asked thoughtfully, "Then how do we choose the useful people of the stone pillar?" What's better? ”

Ma Wanchun said with a smile: "Of course, you can't take the Four Books, Five Classics, and Eight Articles." ”

Zhu He Xingxin said: You can't take the French test either!

Ma Wanchun thought for a while, and then said: "First of all, it is necessary to read and hyphenate characters...... You have to be able to write articles, otherwise you won't be able to be a pro-people official.

The second is to be proficient in agricultural affairs, the people take food as the sky, there are many people here in Shizhu, the land is narrow, and farming is difficult, and if you don't understand farming, you can't be an official.

The third is to be physically strong and good at martial arts. It is easier for such people to organize the villagers, and they can also take them up the mountain to suppress the Kou. ”

"What does it mean to be good at martial arts?" Zhu Hexing was a little puzzled, "How is this assessed?" ”

Ma Wanchun said: "Of course, it is to test their spear skills, the gun is the king of a hundred soldiers, easy to build, and easy to use." In a hurry, you can't master other weapons, and you can still learn to poke people and smash people with a spear. This time, the person who was taken by the stone pillar must be able to master the spear technique very quickly. Only when they master it can they teach the villagers below. ”

"Makes sense!" Zhu Hexing nodded again and again, "Shizhu's Xiangyong can't learn anything else, so he can only use his spear to kill the enemy...... Mazhi County, or let's open a department as soon as possible! Take out all the useful people in the stone pillar countryside, and then form a village warrior as soon as possible. ”

Ma Wanchun nodded and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, but it's hard to do...... If you don't know it, you don't have any available personnel at hand. Because most of the Xichuan soldiers under this official don't know any words, how can they help take soldiers? Even if there are a few who can write and calculate, they are so busy that they can't spare time to do this.

The guards brought by Tongzhi are all educated, and they are also proficient in the art of spears, so the matter of opening a branch and taking a scholar must be known by Lao Tongzhi! ”