Chapter 18: Black Clouds Crush the City (2)
"Ben Shuai calmed down the place, the things in your sect were originally ignored, but when it comes to the security of one party, there is only a reluctant question."
Liu Dawu opened the name of the sect, it seems that he was afraid that the natives would not be able to understand the 'good intentions' of the Great Song Dynasty, and even introduced Liao Yun to everyone, the head of the household branch.
Liao Yun said that he was the first to say about his business, "Since the imperial court returned to the north, it has swept away the seventy-three barbarians in the north of Borneo, and the money and food spent are only a fraction. ”
Looking at the expressions of the people below, he continued: "However, if Wang Shi is only used to deal with these small children, it will inevitably make a big fuss, so the former Japanese Brunei Provincial Political Consultative Conference Committee member Hu proposed a strategy to Xingying, which is actually quite similar to the law of protecting armor practiced in this dynasty, and it will be implemented sooner or later." ”
Hu Barong's first dedication to Kuching was naturally a set of laws made by the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan, but the system of joint protection was aimed at forbidding the sea and resisting the Japanese, mainly because the local war of the Ming Dynasty at that time was not as good as Kou, and it could only defend itself, which was naturally very different from the strength of the Fubo army today.
Moreover, it is not the original intention of the patriarchs to isolate commerce, which means that it is difficult to say clearly, but it is rare that this Hu Barong is motivated, and now such an enlightened person from the dragon is naturally good to help. Therefore, on the basis of Hu Barong's book, Liao Yun and Liu Dawu made a new set of things on their own, and Hu Dongzhu naturally echoed the coherence of the leaders.
In fact, for local residents, regardless of Hanfan, it was originally to be guaranteed, only by bundling interests and responsibilities, the city can also live in peace, and the small insurance launched by the ten households can become the newly established pedestrian division in the future. As long as certain benefits are given, coupled with concerns about joint sitting, it is believed that these leaders of the armor will be happy to provide strong support to the local government. Now that the wind has blown, the candidate for the chief of the armor naturally does not need to be in a hurry, and the natives also need to be given time to fully digest the meaning of the patriarch's words.
The armor protection law is not new, since the Song Dynasty, to the Ming Dynasty has been hundreds of years, as long as it has done business with Chinese businessmen, how much has been heard, so there is no implementation in Nanyang, or because the various regimes have no authority. After Siam to the south, no matter which one is actually loose, take this Kuching, for example, within the low curtain wall, there is no way to obey each other, let alone organize people.
Besides, the thoughts of the Song people, Qi Sizhong now understands a little. Although the Baojia Law originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, at least in the Qin Dynasty, there was a similar system. Why did the ministers strongly oppose Xining's change of law? It's not because this incident evokes the past of the military merit title system, which makes the scholars feel uneasy, this, Master Qi, who has read some history books, naturally knows that it is just that the Song people's style is becoming more and more like a Legalist.
There is also the method of protecting the armor itself, although it is called a stable place to eliminate treacherous cunning, but in fact, the effect of internal control is greater than that of dealing with external thieves. Although there may not be anyone in the city who will come to oppose the rule of the Song people, in fact, the Song people have only been in the city for a few days, and on the surface, the camp in Kuching is also a group of merchants, without the slightest style of government. What they did did not harm the interests of local businesses, but helped them in the long run. However, there is a way to prevent trouble before it happens, and the Song people's mind can't hide from him, who is old and sophisticated, but it's okay to think about it, and how to weigh it, so that there must be his place in the armor, and when the time comes, I'm afraid that the Song people will have to rely on a prestigious elder like their own.
Thinking of this, Qi Sizhong secretly felt at ease, just leave the things that came out to Li Fanghua, he is the owner of Hong Kong, and he is not the same as his own family when it comes to his hometown. If you really want to implement the law of protecting the armor, he will only lose the most benefits, and Master Qi is confident of his prestige among the villagers, and it should not be difficult to guarantee a few places in the clan, but the name that Liao Guan took is really awkward, and he has never heard of it in books before.
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"Daibaojian?" Huang Hu did not rush to attend today's conference, and now that his task has been completed, he will only need to show his face later. It's just boring to flip through the documents of the meeting and muttering this unfortunate name in my mouth.
"Who gave this to you?"
Cheng Qilin happened to be idle, while serving his own few tanks of goldfish, he casually asked about the origin of Huang Hu's words.
"There are more than 2,000 households in Kuching, including 500 Han Chinese families, 500 immigrants from the surrounding countries of the Indian Ocean, another 1,000 Tu families, and 10 Hongyi households."
"According to the method of the political affairs hall, ten households are one guarantee, five guarantees are one big guarantee, and ten major guarantees are one guarantee."
"Originally, it was also necessary to follow the ancient meaning of the chief of protection, but the Department of Feasible People said that this method of protecting armor should have new ideas, and the chief of the security department should not only organize the militia of Ding to patrol the city and countryside, but also shoulder the ability of civil intelligence collection, so the name of the chief of security was changed to Baojian."
"It's not wrong for someone in the pedestrian division to think so."
The pedestrian division has not been established for a long time, and it is now the intelligence agency in the hands of the Eastern Government, because the Song Dynasty did not have such an official position, and it completely belonged to the Senate out of thin air, so it wanted to intervene everywhere, and now it even did not let go of the armor protection system, and also grabbed the naming right.
Cheng Qilin thought for a while and said: "I think it's very good, catchy, maybe it will become a good errand in many years." ”
Huang Hu also smiled: "Where to use how many years later, the method will be announced at today's meeting, believe it or not, someone will come out to fight." ”
Indeed, according to this new law of protecting the armor, if you can really get the position of Du Baojian, it is equivalent to the local Chinese or the leader of the merchants, even if it is the indigenous side, there are only two places to protect the capital, and the status of Du Baojian is comparable to that of today's Hong Kong lords, but with the support of the Fubo army behind him, the background will be much harder.
Cheng Qilin listened and said: "But this duty of protection will not only be beneficial, but not fulfilling." ”
Huang Hu suddenly said, "I haven't told you about this before, but in fact, I want to use troops against the surrounding barbarians." ”
"This position of the guardian is to accept the name in exchange?" Cheng Qilin's reaction was not slow, he originally thought it was just a public recommendation, but according to Huang Hu, the camp has the right to veto the public candidates, in fact, it can be elected until he is satisfied.
"Smart, I didn't see that I was busy laying some props for this matter in the past few days, and it wasn't until yesterday that I was busy."
"I'm afraid you're about to be cleaned up of all the masons in Kuching City." Cheng Qilin, who knew the reason, said with a smile, the camp has recruited a lot of masonry craftsmen in the city to work day and night, and finally completed the errand before today's conference.
Kuching is located in the south of the South Seas, and the houses here are all made of bamboo and thatch, and even the so-called city walls are nothing more than planks and thorns, and the stronger buildings have their own stone quarried from the mountains, but there is no need to burn bricks. The locals rarely even use pottery for food, and the masons are very few. In the past few days, together with the rough Han craftsmen, a total of five or six people have been found, which has not made the locals feel that there is anything wrong.
Seeing that the time was almost over, Huang Hu lazily got off the big boat, changed to a small boat and headed towards the venue with a few guards, the things were ready, and he didn't have to worry about it anymore.
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Lian Yong? Militiaman?
As soon as Hu Barong spoke, he heard everyone's surprise.
Liao Yun added on the side: "Yes, Commissioner Hu also saw the situation here before he boldly made suggestions for Xingying. ”
"I believe that all of you here have experienced the robbery of your goods and the murder of your family." Although the words are eloquent, they are thought-provoking.
The barbarian tribes around Kuching, if you want to say how domineering they are, are nothing more than doing some things to rob merchants and people, but in fact, these tribes themselves are not regarded as a big deal. But the harm is not light, but it is really troublesome to exterminate the barbarians, and it is easy to make enemies with the tribes. Originally, the people of the tribe were just for the needs of the clan, and they were only regarded as ordinary things, and they did not think they were evil, but once they had a feud, they would inevitably cause trouble. If something really happens, there are also people who have their own words to mediate, and there are fewer direct fatal situations, but the natives in the city see that it is profitable, and they often collude with the barbarians outside the city to blackmail, which is also a new thing in recent decades, but no one has said it.
In fact, the big food and maritime merchants are easy to do, what the Senate really wants to deal with is the local forces, and the settlement is just a divide-and-conquer strategy, and there will naturally be a backhand on the camp side.
Now I listen to the meaning of Hu Barong and this Liao Guan Gou, which is to ask each family to protect each other, which is to maintain law and order, and sweep away the barbarians within 50 miles around Kuching. In addition to the single Ding household, whether it is the Han people or the big cannibals, there will be a man, and there are nearly two thousand in total, what do the Song people want to do? Is it really just for the sake of protecting the country and the people?
The people below are worried, but they have to keep going.
A local leader sitting in the corner was smiling, listening to the generous speeches of the old men of the Great Song Dynasty on the stage, and felt funny.
If it is said that in order to control the city port, in fact, the security in the city is not bad now, at least in the southern city, the residents have spontaneously moved closer to the Song people, and there is an endless stream of traders who supply vegetables and fruits in small boats around the iron boat all day long. After all, they are all of the same kind of text, and even the splashy skin that was originally rampant in the market is now much more restrained because of the law enforcement of the Song people. The Kuching camp has even gone on a large scale in the city to search for traitors, and dozens of prisoners caught are now being held in a new makeshift cell next to the South City Council Chamber.
In terms of means alone, Zhao En admires a few people on the stage, but it is a matter of the interests of the natives, and it is not something that can be easily decided with a word of contribution. Moreover, if he didn't say something, naturally someone was more anxious than him, and sure enough, he heard Li Fanghua call it difficult first.
"Liao Guangou said it well, but there are a few difficult things to do."
Before the meeting, there was no such thing as a scene for the lines, and the sudden question undoubtedly aroused Liao Yun's interest, but he was not annoyed that someone had more branches, and what he was most afraid of in the meeting was the cold scene.
"Lord Li, please say, what are the things that are difficult to do?"
Li Fanghua thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with worrying, so she told the reasons one by one.
"First, it is not difficult to form a strong township according to this charter, but Kuching has always been a recruitment, and Taiwei and Guan Gou want to drive Ding Zhuang with the law of protecting the armor, but they are afraid that the lower ones will not serve."
Liao Yun nodded and motioned for Li Fanghua to continue, this was what should have been thought of.
"The second Borneo is vast and sparsely populated, my Li family lives in Kuching, has gone through three generations, it is not clear how many tribes are around, although the Fubo army can be one as ten, but after all, there are few people, the local barbarians, when they encounter a large army, they are nothing more than fleeing into the mountains and forests, and it is not a good law to occupy it for a long time. When the heavenly soldiers left, they all came back, and they didn't know when they would succeed in this way, and they wasted money in vain. ”
It seems that he is sorry for the previous underestimation, Liao Yun also seriously answered Li Fanghua's doubts, and now it seems that these questions that were not originally arranged can be more improvised.
After sorting out his thoughts, Liao Yun said: "I am a great Song Dynasty, and if I don't use the system of recruitment, the militia will naturally not be paid. ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion below, and there was an uproar, local recruitment, not to mention the laziness of the natives, is the Chinese who have always been diligent, if they have no money, they will naturally not be driven.
Liao Yun just signaled everyone to be calm, and then explained: "Not in compensation, but it is not without benefits, and the militia can also accumulate merit and award knights." ”
'Qin Fa? Sure enough, the following elderly Chinese businessmen thought of the military merit system of the Qin period, but just to give a title, which monarch of these Nanyang countries would not do it? It's all short, no real profit, or no.
"Of course, the militia will give priority to pox."
Yes?! First, the person who reacted the fastest exclaimed, and then the people who reacted one after another were clamoring.
Legend has it that the method used by the Song people to resist acne has already spread in Kuching with the promotion of Gu Meitang and others, and it was originally just a legend. If it is really the method of planting pox that has been implemented in Brunei, it is really much more attractive than any reward, and there are many miasma in the South Seas, and the elixir that can cure diseases and survive is comparable to any real money.
Liao Yunzhi looked at everyone's reactions, quite satisfied, and said: "As for the barbarian part, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, but there is no need to worry." Since you want to do it once and for all, you always have to have a way to cure it, so the camp has been negotiated, and it is still in the four words of 'market village and tun'. ”