In the thirty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang, throughout May, the wicked Heifu in Liu Ji's eyes was preparing for the battle of entering the customs.

The old men in the Northern Expeditionary Army all know that Heifu is famous for attaching importance to logistics, whether it is to conquer the Xiongnu or to cut down Baiyue, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

And after capturing Nanyang County and approaching Wuguan, Heifu did not rush to attack, but asked the army to repair the road, set up a warehouse in the Danyang area to hoard grain and grass, and also let the Nanjun in the rear to mobilize to the maximum extent and mobilize all possible forces to support the war!

The war is fought by people, not only the soldiers fighting on the front line, the transportation of food and the arrows used by these people need to rely on manpower to achieve transportation, so the 100,000 divisions must be at least the same number of people behind them......

In Heifu's plan, there were about 100,000 troops in Wuguan and about 15 in Minfu.

Among them, 50,000 were prisoners, 50,000 were from Nanyang, and 50,000 were from Nanjun - the reason why Nanjun, which had a smaller population, had to bear the same service force was because Nanyang was initially decided, and the power of the Northern Expeditionary Army had not yet reached the grassroots level, and it could only be recruited through surrendered officials or local clans, which was inevitably inefficient, and 50,000 was already the amount of forced requisition, and if it was more, something would happen.

Nanjun is different, this place is Heifu's hometown, the Northern Expeditionary Army has governed the local area for more than a year, and its control over the grassroots has almost returned to the time when the world was not divided, and even surpassed.

But at this time, Heifu looked at the news fed back from the rear, frowned, and said to himself:

"It seems that even among the masses in the old revolutionary base areas, not all of them have a high ideological consciousness......

This is a thick report, the handwriting is neat, and the rhetoric does not have the gorgeous and fancy, quoted classics and classics of Lu Jia and other Confucian scholars, but from the inside out, it reveals the rigor and sophistication of an old Qin official!

According to the summary of the report, the people of Nanjun are not willing to serve, mainly due to the following three reasons:

For example, there are perennial servants in Jingling County, which results in barren land and starvation in spring. Near Gangneung, a township called Ximen Township, 36 horses came out in the spring, and when they encountered a shower, 7 died, 6 were sick, and 8 were injured, and the loss was too great.

These losses were not compensated in a timely manner, so when the officials mobilized again in the summer, there was a phenomenon in many places of asking who to go and who not to go.

Not only the peasants, but also the small merchants and vendors in the cities were reluctant to go to the army, because once they went out of the army, the family life could not be maintained, and some people were in debt because of the service, and some people ate up their savings because of the service, so these people thought that the service was a fateful thing.

Second, the fact that the head of the Qianqian army went out to serve and the officials did not come out also caused widespread dissatisfaction.

No regime can guarantee that it has always been clear, and in only one year, corruption and depravity have also grown within the Northern Expeditionary Army.

In order to maintain order in various localities, officials of all sizes can be exempted from military service, and even if they go, only a small part will be transferred.

At the same time, because these grassroots officials held the control of the people's service, their relatives and friends had the opportunity to avoid going to work.

The Yundu County Decree reported the common phenomenon at the grassroots level: "Those who have a relationship with the officials, and are rich and noble in the township, should go to the service, so they will carry wine and money to find a way for the officials, and the officials will accept the wine and money, so they will postpone it and make others serve on their behalf." ”

The head of the Qian, naturally, hated this kind of favoritism, so he resisted the military even more.

Reason 3: The poor treatment of migrant workers before the support, after all, it is not the information age, communication basically depends on roaring, and transportation basically depends on walking. Because of the lack of timely communication, it often happens that the people arrive at a place, but the pavilion post station does not supply food in time, resulting in insufficient food, not even drinking boiling water, and can only sleep on the grass pile at night, mosquito bites, and miserable.

In addition to food and lodging, there are also serious problems with clothing, which Heifu knows very well, in the battle of Xiangyang last year, when many people went north, the weather was not too cold, and they did not bring many winter clothes, but they all froze and became ill, and finally solved it by seizing the clothes of the Northern Army.

There is a problem with food and accommodation, people are easy to get sick, last year's battle of Xiangyang, two or three out of ten people got sick, gastrointestinal diarrhea, cold and heat are frozen, although the Northern Expeditionary Army has a medical system, but doctors and medicines are not enough even soldiers, spread to the people even few. Many people died outside, their bodies were buried on the spot, the news of their deaths was transferred back through the post system, and their relatives cried and grabbed the land, and the locals regarded the service as a dangerous future.

What's more, the enthusiasm of defending one's home at the doorstep of Nanjun is completely different from traveling thousands of miles north to an unfamiliar region.

As for the situation that the Qianshou is unwilling to serve, different counties have different ways to deal with it.

For example, in the spring, Heifu launched the Nanyang Campaign, and Nanjun wanted to send people to the front line to transport grain, with 1,000 people per county.

In order to fulfill the amount arranged by the county, the county lieutenant of Zhijiang adopted deceptive means, first talking about the three-to-five-day task in the county, and deceived thousands of people to go on the road, and then talked about the county seat, and then said that Hanshui, every place, a group of people fled, and less than 30 percent of them went to the front.

This case caused a sensation in Nanjun, and according to the "Law of Resignation", it will not be beheaded if it is not on time, but it will also be severely punished. It's just that there are too many people involved, seven or eight hundred, and if it is not handled properly, it will cause anger among the people of a county.

In the end, the county Chengle ruled that it was the consequence of the Zhijiang County Lieutenant's deceptive conscription, and since the government was dishonest first, those who were deceived and fled should not be punished, and the Zhijiang County Lieutenant was imprisoned!

"I led the horse for the prince!"

"I went to Lingnan to shed blood!"

"I have made meritorious contributions in Anlu!"

It is said that when the county lieutenant from the army was shackled, he cried out for wrong, and lifted his clothes, revealing a scar.

After all, he was the captain of a county, or Heifu's old department, and Nanjun sent a letter to the front line to ask Heifu what to do.

"I remember this person, what he said is true, I hid in Yunmeng, he is one of my personal guards, the battle of Anlu, is a hundred long, charging in front, with a few blades in the body, the battle of Jiangling, it is already five hundred masters, and it is also a spear on the chariot, killing into the enemy formation, with one as ten."

Heifu was very helpless, if he hadn't made great achievements and was trusted by him, how could he be a dignified county lieutenant?

But Heifu knows better that the law is merciless, this is the bottom line, and it must not be broken! Although carrying the red flag and opposing the red flag, Heifu has never abolished the Qin Law and Decree, let alone engaged in any "three chapters of the law".

The way to lift the pressure is to relax gradually, not to revoke it abruptly, and without the protection of the law, society will fall into even more terrible turmoil. The Han Dynasty, which did this in history, was praised at the beginning, but in the end, in the face of the out-of-control social order, it could only cover its swollen face, pick up the Qin law again, change it casually or not change it, and continue to use it.

Therefore, Heifu regarded "armed struggle" and "legal construction" as the two magic weapons of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but only added a little profit or loss on those impersonal terms.

Heifu has always believed that there is no big problem with Qin Law itself, and what really goes wrong and makes the world irreversible is that he has endless desires, and he can't distinguish between what is public, what is private, what is urgent, and what is slow, His Majesty the First Emperor, he really thinks that everyone can be 996 or 997......

Of course, there are also executors who have crooked upper beams and crooked lower beams! The thinking of cadres should be strengthened!

So Heifu sent back the Nanjun book without changing a word, and the meaning was obvious: "This is a matter that Nanjun can deal with according to the law, don't ask me!" ”

The letter was sent back, but Heifu couldn't sleep at night, the lieutenant of Zhijiang County, who was also the son of a poor Qianshou, was an iron-clad man a year ago, how could he be corrupted in just one year.

Heifu shuddered, as if he saw the situation of the Great Qin Ruishi who swept away the Six Kingdoms in the past and began to be blessed and degenerate after becoming an official in the Six Kingdoms, will that scene also be reproduced in the Northern Expeditionary Army?

So, in an open letter to the old department of Nanjun, he wrote: "There may be a Northern Expeditionary officer, who has never been defeated by daggers and poisons, and is worthy of the title of a great husband when he is in battle; However, they could not withstand the local magnates and wrapped their arrows in sugar, and fell under them......"

"Officials know the law and break the law, accept bribes, use deception, and set up their own difficulties, which is to destroy the victory of the front line and the foundation of the Northern Expeditionary Army!"

Marquis Wu Zhonghou also made an analogy: "The father of Nanjun is the foundation of the Northern Expeditionary Army, such as water and boats, Xunzi once said, water carries boats, and water overturns boats!" ”

Isn't the current northern court rebelling against their relatives because of their dishonesty and heavy service? The Northern Expeditionary Army keeps saying that it wants to set things right, but will it also repeat the mistakes of the past?

"The car in front is overturned, and the car behind is a lesson!"

After investigation, the county lieutenant of Zhijiang County had also accepted bribes with a huge amount, exempting Lu You from serving in the county, and instead apportioning them to the poor people in Lu Zuo, now he was completely helpless, and several officials of the old department of Nan County who interceded for him also shut up.

In the end, the county lieutenant was beheaded in Zhijiang County, and the first level was reported to the counties, and the people of Zhijiang County applauded, and the county officials from all over the country also took warning.

After this incident, Heifu also decided to sacrifice the last magic weapon - study, and the scholar will learn the law to dispel the ban!

"Learning makes me happy."

After muttering such an inexplicable sentence, Heifu sent an order to let Xiao He, the county guard of Nanjun, take the county officials to re-study Ye Teng's masterpiece of the year, the compulsory textbook for the Northern Expedition officer examination "The Way of Officials", and figure out what is a good official, what is a bad official, and what are the five virtues of an official.

Heifu also named the event: "Learning to Strengthen the Army"!

The concentrated study activities carried out in the counties of Nanjun County to crack down on corruption and neglect of government with great fanfare may make the officials more honest, but they will not solve the reality that the people are unwilling to serve.

The Anlu people who have put all their lives on Heifu's body are all soldiers, even if they are younger or older young and old, when it is their turn to serve, they also throw their hoes, look up and say: "It's time for us to go, we can't do it!" ”

But in the eyes of more ordinary people, serving is definitely an upside-down deal.

"I'd rather work locally for an extra month than serve on the front lines."

"The work is wrong, the burden is heavy, it is better not to reduce the rent!"

These voices reached the ears of Heifu through various channels, and at this time, it is not only the masses who are not highly conscious, but also the official work of the Northern Expeditionary Army is also inadequate.

"It's not going to be easy."

After reading the thick stack of papers, Heifu sighed.

"Although I have to face the enemies of Hu Hai and the Six Kingdoms in the front, such as the conflict with outsiders, it is simple and fierce, the battlefield is slashed, and the power is intrigue, anyway, I just win."

"But the latter side is more complicated, such as problems in the human body, or in the intestines, or in the skin, and sometimes even a piece of good meat suddenly rots from the inside, and the slightest carelessness will affect the health of the whole body."

But no matter how hard the fellows complain, the service still has to be served, and Heifu needs the power of the people to help him win this civil war that should have ended long ago!

"Even if you tighten your belt, you have to finish the battle!"

"Fortunately, the battle in the back can be pointed out with a little guidance, and I don't have to go back to command it myself......"

"There's one guy who's better suited to be the manager for that fight than I am."

Heifu flicked the signature on the document in his hand:

"Nanjun Shou Xiao He!"

Heifu is now extremely glad that many years ago, he decided to go around Peixian for a wise decision.

He ruined one man and took two more.

Xiao He's book is divided into upper and lower parts, the first part talks about the problem, and the next part is the solution he has begun to implement......

Scanning those measures one by one, Heifu's troubles disappeared, and gradually smiled, and said sincerely:

"Town the country, care for the people, give gifts, and keep the grain, I am not as good as Xiao He!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening.