Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Building of Political Power at the Grassroots Level and the Understanding of Each Individual

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Ha Jing. General's Palace. Inside the signature room.

Fu Bo looked at the map with great satisfaction, and on the map, the area marked with the banner of the Nanzhong General's Mansion had expanded a large area. Although the General's Office withdrew its garrison in northern Siam in accordance with the provisions of the armistice treaty, a large number of men and horses marched south in phases and batches in accordance with the strategic steps of the withdrawal of troops formulated by Shouhan, passing through Ayutthaya, or boarding ships at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, and transporting them to Ha Tinh and the Kowloon River, or staying on the spot, and reclaiming the Chao Phraya River area in accordance with the provisions of the treaty.

Those who remain in the Chao Phraya River area will be assigned to the reclamation people according to the approximate proportion of the old people in Ha Jing, the new army in the Zhenla Mountains in 30 percent, and the new immigrants in 30 percent. The Siamese prisoners and their families were disrupted and shipped to the Kowloon River area for resettlement.

Wang Bao, the chief general of the Western Expedition, was infected with cholera at the height of the war, and had to return to Ha Jing by boat for treatment. The Phoenix Battalion is temporarily under the direct management and control of the Battalion Office and the Barracks.

"Then our hard days will come again." Li Peilin on the side pointed to the map half-truthfully, and on the map, the vast land, marked with different colors the village Tunpu military camp port.

"Hah! Why did Lord Changshi say this? Fauber narrowed his eyes, the bags in his mouth clicking, and the emerald green jade pendant that seemed to be able to drip water shook slightly under his movements.

"Fauber, look at it." Li Peilin motioned to the head of the household to hand over a list. "According to the standard of the village set by the lord on that day, each village shall not be less than one hundred and fifty households, or not less than one hundred and fifty strong men. Now in the attack on Siam, our army has gained a large number of Ding Zhuang people, but to settle these people, we need money and food,......"

"My old man knows that he needs money and food, but now that the treasury is full, there is naturally no shortage of money and food." Because Xiuxiu in order to circumvent the etiquette system of not marrying with the same surname, she is now recognized in the name of Fu Bo, so that Li Peilin and others are Fu Bo's juniors, and when they speak, naturally Fu Bo will not be too polite. "Besides, the lord also said that the trouble that can be solved with money and food is not a trouble."

"Fauber, listen to me." Li Peilin was a little unhappy, but because of his feelings, he didn't have a good seizure, so he had to say yes. "The matter of money and food is just a demand number, and naturally it is not a big deal. But. According to the standards of the lord, every village and every township has the posts of village head, teacher, and inspector. ”

"But. This year, there are at most 1,240 students in the political affairs hall. Even if all of them are invested in this Chao Phraya River region, I am afraid it will not be enough. Moreover, some people must be assigned to each place. Zhang Cheng on the side kept silent, and at this time, he was also full of sadness.

Since the political affairs hall was responsible for training village and town cadres, as the administrative system personnel of the general's mansion, Li Peilin, Fu Bo, Zhang Cheng, An Tianhong, Wu Laowolf and others have all experienced the great benefits of this system.

Whether it is the collection of money and grain, the collection of taxes, the promotion of various new agricultural technologies, the recruitment of people required for various projects, the intensive training of strong men, the maintenance of local law and order, and the convening of mobilized troops in major wars, they can all be united like an arm. "I can't complain that the position of pavilion chief was established in the Qin State back then! It's a good law! "Compared with the situation that the political power in the interior is not lower than the county, and the administration at the township level is basically controlled by the gentry, the princes of the general's palace are very proud.

With the continuous expansion of Li Shouhan's territory in recent years, Xie Yinglong, who is far away in Cotton Island, Xu Huanshan, who is near Jiulongjiang, and Hu Licheng in Xialiao area, and now Zhenla, Chao Phraya River, etc., although there is no clear candidate, they are all staring at the graduates of the political hall every year like hungry wolves.

Xie Yinglong: "If I can't guarantee 400 a year, I can't complete the reclamation, mining and many other affairs here!" When the time comes, you will see what to do! ”

Xu Huanshan: "I want to reclaim the Jiulong River area, and I want to build Pingba Port, so how can I delay such a heavy burden?" Comparatively, it's still me here to play the main thing. ”

Hu Licheng: "The old man was ordered to carry out animal husbandry in this Xialiao area, although the water and grass are long, suitable for breeding horses, cattle and sheep, but all horse farms must also have qualified leaders, otherwise, when the time comes, the old man will ask for horses!" ”

To build a new village and fort, according to the standard of Shouhan, one hundred and fifty households, or at least one hundred and fifty strong men, are equipped with all the nine-turn steel farm tools, build a good house, plus about a year's and a half year of rations, and the consumption of only four or five hundred taels of silver is only four or five hundred taels of silver. However, it is easy to set up a village, but it is difficult to have enough village officials.

The lord's practice completely put an end to the development of family forces in Annam and prevented the occurrence of local forces. Sure enough, a potential threat was eliminated unconsciously! "In the depths of Li Peilin's heart, he has secretly admired this practice of Shouhan countless times." In this way, there will be no potential local forces, and there will be no more separatist forces. ”

Thinking of the separatist forces, and then looking at the recent situation in front of him, Pei Lin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his back, "The lord led almost all the elites of the guard battalion, as well as those from the Law Enforcement Department and the Statistics Office, to go to Nakhon Ratchasima, is it just to meet Wang Bao's troops going south?" Even if Wang Bao's troops are plagued, they only need to send Langzhong Doctor to go, and they can mobilize tens of thousands of horses? ”

"Also, as soon as he arrived in Nakhon Ratchasima, he took over Wang Bao's command and let him recuperate with peace of mind, and when the tribal soldiers mutinied and clamoured, why did they kill the killers so badly, and thousands of people were executed like that?"

Li Peilin has heard a lot of things from his uncles, and he has experienced it himself, and he has habitually become a person with a bit of conspiracy theories. "In the process of Wang Bao's expedition to the west, he indiscriminately collected tribal soldiers, and the team expanded too quickly, and the tribal soldiers only knew that there was Wang Command, but did not know that there was General Li, so Wang Bao's actions were a big taboo!"

"Alas! That Wang Bao can be regarded as a fierce general, but unfortunately, he didn't know the emperor's skills, and he almost became the Marquis of Huaiyin. Fortunately, our lord is not surnamed Liu, and he treats the elderly and subordinates more kindly. ”

Pei Lin was turning over the river and sea in his mind, and his face naturally brought out a little color, and Fu Bo, Zhang Cheng and others were also good at observing words and feelings, "Lord Changshi? "Peilin?" The two of them opened their mouths and shouted, and only then did they pull Li Peilin back from his state.

"Fu Bo, Master Zhang, I have a shallow idea below, which seems to be able to temporarily alleviate the current problem."

"Peilin, your idea must be excellent, just say it!"

Pei Lin stood up, went to a bag marked with the word to do in the briefcase hanging on the cabinet in front of his desk, checked it for a while, and found an official document, "Please see it, two of you." ”

"Please issue a consolation fund for disabled soldiers and officers, and please issue a resettlement payment"? Lord Changshi, what is this? ”

"This is an official document sent by the Phoenix Battalion, because since the launch of the Western Expedition, there have been repeated wars, epidemics, and many injuries and illnesses in the army. Although this fee is covered by insurance, it is only necessary for us to sign an official document. ”

"Didn't you sign such an official document at any time in the past? What does this have to do with the lack of mayors in the villages and towns that we have mentioned? ”

"Yes! There are still hundreds of officers and soldiers who are unable to serve in the army due to various injuries and illnesses, and their settlement funds must be paid as soon as possible! ”

Pei Lin smiled and took the official document in his hand and looked at the two colleagues in front of him. There was a sneer in his heart, "A group of ordinary people, where do you know the means of stealing the sky and changing the day, and transferring flowers and trees?!" ”

The following means that the selection of these more than 500 officers and soldiers who are unable to serve in the army because of injuries and illnesses is indeed because they have lost their ability to work because of disability, and they will naturally be honored and raised. However, isn't it a pity that those who are just not fit to serve in the army will return to their hometowns to work as farmers? ”

"I have roughly read the list submitted by the Phoenix Battalion, and less than 20% of them are seriously injured and disabled, or have lost their ability to work due to injury or illness, that is, about 400 people are still good men. It's just that you can't fight. ”

"But being a village chief is enough!" Zhang Cheng jumped to the side and shouted.

"Also, I saw in the documents reported by the barracks that the Phoenix Battalion suffered a lot of casualties in the successive battles, and there were many vacancies in each battalion, and I intend to submit a letter to the lord to supplement these vacant battalions to other battalions, so as to keep the combat effectiveness of the Phoenix Battalion from too great losses. The remaining officers can also serve as village and town mayors, inspectors, and other posts in various places, and their original salaries and benefits remain unchanged. ”

"I have taken a closer look, the Phoenix Battalion, the front and back, the left and right, there are a total of more than 2,000 vacancies in the eight battalions of the artillery team, guards, and forwards, and these more than 2,000 people include the more than 500 people who are not suitable to serve in the army due to injuries and illnesses, and more than 700 people who went to recuperate due to injuries and illnesses and are temporarily not in the battalion."

"What I mean is to keep the Phoenix Battalion's Guards Battalion and Forward Battalion fully organized, and draw soldiers from the remaining battalions to augment these two battalions. As for the surplus officers of these two battalions, together with the officers of several other battalions, they were selected to be the village and town chiefs in the Jiulongjiang area, and were responsible for the installation of tribal soldiers who served in Chenla, Siam, and other places. ”

"In this way, we have at least seven or eight hundred candidates for village and town mayors in our hands, so that we have a lot of work in our hands!" Fauber nodded in approval of Li Peilin's approach.

"Humph! Is it that there are seven or eight hundred more village and town mayors? Organizing unstable troops, mixing sand, pulling them out and fighting into them, this is the only way since ancient times. Even if Wang Bao recovers his body and takes charge of the Phoenix Battalion in the future, this unit is not up to him! Li Peilin disagreed with Fu Bo's expression in his heart.

"Nope! Lord Changshi, Fauber, thought that this system seemed to be able to be promoted throughout the army. In this way, it can also prevent the students of the political hall from getting up and down and comparing themselves with each other! ”

"It's a very good move, and the general is happy to see it."

On the other hand, Fu Bo kept clicking the jade cigarette holder in his mouth, and from time to time spit out light blue smoke from his mouth, the pupils of his eyes seemed to be looking at a certain point in the void, as if he was communicating with someone, and his lips moved.

"Zhang Cheng, check the grain storage situation in Chenla, Jiulongjiang, Hoi An, Hue, Quang Binh, Vinh Chang Fort and other places, whether it is the official warehouse or the Yicang everywhere."

If the statistics are not made well, once tens of thousands of people cross the border, there will be no food, but there will be big problems.

"Fauber, I've checked, and the approximate number is like this,......"

"Good!"

Fu Bo waved his hand and stopped Zhang Cheng's words, "You sent a submission to the lord in the name of the household, showing him the food situation along the way in this area, and telling him that if the army crosses the border at once, I am afraid that there will be a shortage of food and salary, which will affect the morale of the army. ”

"Yes! It is clearly written that the first wave is thousands of wounded and sick soldiers led by General Wang Bao, the second wave is the 5,000 people of the newly annexed army plus the right and front battalions of the Phoenix Battalion, about less than 7,000 people, and the third wave is a total of 10,000 tribal soldiers and family members, as well as the Left Guard Battalion and the Phoenix Battalion Artillery Battalion. The fourth wave is ......"

"Good! In this order, he wrote to the lord, and explained the grain situation along the way, and asked him to give an order, and the parts were scattered to eat. Otherwise, if the hedgehogs are gathered in one place, the food supply will be difficult. ”

After saying that, Fauber took a puff of cigarette with great satisfaction, put down the cigarette stick, and picked up the bone china on the handrail (oh, now it's called lily porcelain. Huh! It's just a trade name, and I want to go out for a run if it's crooked! Tea cup, Meimei took a sip of hot tea.

"However, there are plenty of food reserves along the way, enough to supply the army!"

Zhang Cheng was still a little confused.

However, Li Peilin's heart was clear, and this was clearly a means to further disperse and resettle the Phoenix Battalion, the new attached army, and the tribal soldiers, and completely stifle the unstable factors that might occur. If turning the officers of the Phoenix Battalion into village and town mayors is the first move, then the scattering of the new annexed troops of the Phoenix Battalion is the second move.

Moreover, they are all justifiable reasons.

It seems that this Fubo is not easy to get along with, and he is by no means a good person. A certain family underestimated him in the past. It seems that no one should be underestimated. Li Peilin secretly reminded himself in his heart.

Such a trick is definitely more than enough to deal with the Phoenix Battalion, the new annexed army, and the tribal soldiers!

However, how to prevent this kind of problem from happening again is an extremely headache.

"Today, the hidden dangers of the Phoenix Battalion have been solved, will similar things happen in the Qilin, Xuanwu and other battalions in the future? After Wang Bao's military power is relieved, will Li Bao and Zhao Bao appear in the future? ”

"This kind of thing of leading soldiers and supporting the army with self-respect, or subordinates taking the main general as the core and forming a force, has existed in all generations, how should we deal with it?"

After dealing with the affairs at hand, Li Peilin's mind was still Li Shouhan's methods for Phoenix Battalion, Wang Bao and others, as well as Fu Bo's ruthless tricks, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Shouhan's approach, on the contrary, he thought that Shouhan did it extremely correctly. "It was the ancestor Cheng Liang Gong back then, when his subordinates were in danger of mutiny, he dealt with it mercilessly with an iron fist."

Walking out of the signing room, taking a breath of the slightly humid air outside, Li Peilin tried to clear his mind, looked up at the sky, looked at the starry sky, the silhouette of the flowers and trees in the yard, smelled the fragrance of flowers, and couldn't help but feel tired, "Forget it!" Don't think about him! On the day of the return of the lord, we will talk to him again! ”

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