Of course, Fu Wendao knew why Liu Chang was looking for him, wasn't it just for his blurted out: "If you don't decide on internal affairs, ask Master Zhang, and if you don't decide on foreign affairs, ask Shi Niangniang." ”

Whether it is Liu Chang or any ruler, he will not like this sentence, he has to pay a lot of price for this sentence, not to mention that even the word "Shi Niangniang" came out of his mouth first.

But Fu Wendao did not regret his choice, as long as Shi Niangniang and Yang Niangniang followed Liu Chang for a day, he would eventually have a day of recovery, so he just replied to Liu Chang: "I know!" ”

Liu Chang soon announced his disposition of Fu Wendao: "Fu Wendao is hereby appointed as the commander of the Yuhuan Independent Company and the governor of Yuhuan County, and he will immediately set off for Renkou"

Yuhuan independent company? Governor of Yuhuan County?

Fu Wendao didn't expect Liu Chang to deal with him like this, in a sense, it was an extremely rich reward.

The Yuhuan County mentioned by Liu Chang refers to the current Yuhuan Hall, which is a first-level administrative unit, and is not much different from the county, so Liu Chang directly changed the Yuhuan Hall of the Manchu Dynasty to Yuhuan County.

The entire Yuhuan County not only includes Yuhuan Island, but also further covers all the islands along the coast of Wenzhou, including Dongtou, with a registered population of more than 100,000 people, not including many fishermen who have not registered their household registration.

Fu Wendao is now only the platoon commander of the second company of Jintang, and letting him be the company commander and the governor of Yuhuan County can be said to be a step to the sky.

Feng Sixian was appointed as the deputy commander of the Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) Independent Battalion as the deputy commander of the Huangyan Zhi County, for him, the Huang Yan Zhi County was his own position, and the deputy battalion commander of the independent battalion was just his part-time job.

Fu Wendao also heard a very reliable rumor, saying that Shi Huiji would also serve as the magistrate of Taiping County next, but the situation was the same as Feng Zhixian, the magistrate was the commander of his own independent battalion and was part-time.

And now Fu Wendao is the commander of the Yuhuan Independent Company and the county governor of Yuhuan, although it is only a matter of order, but the meaning of the post is completely different.

Therefore, Fu Wendao asked tentatively: "Where is the Yuhuan Independent Company now?" ”

"Now there is a reinforced platoon transferred from Jintang Company on Yuhuan Island, and you are responsible for using this reinforced platoon as the backbone to form the Yuhuan Independent Company, which is subordinate to the Huang (Yan) Tai (Ping) Yu (Huan) Independent Battalion Formation."

Fu Wendao understood that the rumors he had heard about Shi Huiji were true, and his company commander was also the magistrate of Yuhuan County, so Shi Huiji, the battalion commander, would not serve as the magistrate of Taiping County, where would he go.

He better understood what Liu Chang meant by reversing the order of this position, now Yuhuan is Ye Niangzi's territory, although Liu Chang sent a reinforced platoon there Ye Niangzi is already Liu Chang's woman, but Liu Chang is not absolutely at ease with Ye Niangzi's subordinates, so he sent himself over to serve as the commander of the independent company and the county governor.

It's just that the governor of this county is definitely not a good errand, Fu Wendao has already labeled himself as Shi Tinglan and Yang Changmei, how could Ye Niangzi be polite to herself, but she had to jump into this fire pit.

"Can I bring a few cadres from Jintang No. 2?" Fu Wendao is not very demanding now: "It's better to turn it over with the gun!" ”

Liu Chang agreed to his request: "You can bring a class over." ”

Then, he patted Fu Wendao on the shoulder and said, "Set sail and update the fastest]: "Do a good job!" ”

After Fu Wendao withdrew, he was already thinking about what he should do next, the commander of this independent company.

That's right, the commander of the independent company is his job, and the county governor is just a part-time officer, but when he thinks about it, he finds a fatal problem. …,

In an island county like Yuhuan County, he can't do anything without the cooperation of Ye Niangzi.

Shi Huiji is also thinking about how to do a good job as a magistrate.

After Liu Chang met with everyone, he was the last to meet him, and he was the finale.

The result was beyond his expectations, not only did he get his wish and became Taiping Zhi County, but the Huang Tai Independent Battalion was also expanded into the Huang Taiyu Independent Battalion and became the garrison of these three large counties.

Therefore, as soon as he came out of the prefect's yamen, Shi Huisi rushed back with a few personal soldiers to rush back to Taiping County as soon as possible, and strive to have a new official take office.

He is a small local tyrant in the countryside of Ruian, and he actually has today's day, not only as the commander of a battalion, but also as the governor of a county, and he is determined to have a few drinks in the evening.

It's just that he didn't leave the city for a long time, and Feng Sixian had already caught up behind him, and shouted repeatedly: "Shi Ying, Shi Ying, slow down, slow down!" ”

Shi Huiji stopped the horse and said with a smile: "Old Feng, I understand your original spring breeze!" ”

As soon as Feng Sixian heard this, a trace of pride appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he still said very steadily: "This is a daughter-in-law who has become a mother-in-law, and now with Fu Wendao, our camp is out of Sanzhi County." ”

"One battalion and three counties!" Shi Weisi praised repeatedly: "It's rare, let's find a place to have two drinks?" ”

"Don't drink it, let's talk about it!" Feng Sixian looked for Shi Huiji, and it was naturally a matter: "The inspection point has been explained to me since then, and this busy matter must be done well!" ”

Since Shi Huili is a small dead man in the countryside, he naturally knows that it is crucial to be busy with stock recruitment: "The summer grain is about to be harvested, what kind of charter is it?" ”

"No specific charter has been set yet!" Feng Sixian raised his hand, and his own soldiers retreated far away, leaving only the two of them riding side by side: "The inspection said, see how much food we can collect, how much the army can expand, and the money and grain used by the county are also divided from it!" ”

In the past, if there was only an independent battalion, all the funds were provided by Liu Chang, but after the title of county governor was added, it was impossible for the funds of the local administrative organs to be reviewed by Liu Chang and Yang Changmei and then drawn out one by one, which would be too inefficient.

"What's the law?" Shi Weisi immediately cared about this critical question: "Five-five? Four-six? ”

"How is this possible?" Feng Sixian replied: "It's best to open it in three or seven, the two big regiments of the Dragon Lance Regiment and the Nanxi Regiment need to spend too much money and food." ”

"Then we must replenish the team as soon as possible, and strive to win a few more counties before the summer grain harvest!" Shi Hui's thinking was relatively simple: "Then we will be relaxed!" ”

"Where do the cadres come from?" Feng Sixian objected to Shi Huisi's opinion: "We want to lay a good foundation county by county, and control the place firmly, and there must be no more thieves like Su Jingrong!" But how many cadres do we have, and now even the county magistrate uses people like us to fill the position. ”

As soon as he said this, Shi Huisi understood, and Feng Sixian continued: "What's more, the inspection point has already made up its mind, and the next step is to set up a township official, and there will be a county magistrate in the county, and there must be a township official in the township." ”

How to set up a specific method for setting up township officials, Liu Chang has not yet decided on a specific charter, but he did have a clear understanding with Shi Huiji in advance, not only to set up township officials, but also to have a certain amount of force in the township.

In this way, taking Huang Taiyu's independent battalion as an example, the Anhai Company and the artillery platoon are the mobile forces of the three counties of Huang Taiping, and each county has an independent company stationed in each county as a mobile force in the county, while the political power and armed forces at the township level are the tentacles of the entire Hong Army infiltrating into the locality, and whether it is suppressing bandits, fighting at a low intensity, or administrative operations at the grassroots level, they are all completed by the township level. …,

It's just that the history of the Hongjun is too new and lacks cadres in this area, so Liu Chang told Shi Huiji that he could not only put down the cadres of the independent battalion, but also tap reliable local cadres.

For this reason, he specifically mentioned Mr. Lu Pinglu, who had taken the initiative to enter Huangyan County to persuade Gao Liangcai, saying that he was in Taiping Dangzhi County, and he wanted to communicate well with Mr. Lu Pinglu and other local gentlemen.

Now Shi Huiji suddenly understood Liu Chang's plan, if only one independent company is used to control the entire county, even if the strongest dragon spear company of the Hong Army is used to guard the town, it is only a point of control, but after having the power and armed forces at the township level, then the control on the surface will be completed, and even the county and township battalions can fight together, then these three counties can become the basis of the Hong Army.

It's just that the more he understands, the more difficult it becomes for Shi Huiji to do this, which completely breaks the traditional system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty: "I originally thought that the new official took office with three fires, but when I heard you say this, it's not that simple, it's completely slow work and meticulous work!" ”

Feng Sixian agreed with him: "That's why we are the magistrates, let's be the fast knife of the soldiers, we don't have to be so entangled!" ”

Shi Huiji asked the question of the collection of money and grain again: "Then leave thirty percent of the money and grain in the county, including the money and grain in the camp?" ”

"I haven't elaborated on the inspection yet, and I guess he hasn't thought about it yet!" Feng Sixian heard a little wind, and he lowered his voice: "This time I was busy collecting and collecting grain, Zhang Yuzao gave a note to the inspection point, saying that he was not in a hurry to exempt the taxes owed by large households. ”

Although the Qing Dynasty used the collection of taxes as the standard for the performance evaluation of the county, the degree of tax payment was worse the more it was completed at the top, and those large households had many ways to evade taxes, and the accumulated taxes accumulated were an astonishing number.

In the case of the red and white stickers that have aroused the Dongxiang people in Ningbo, there are two different standards of land endowment, red stickers and white stickers, within the same county.

In the Qing season, the field endowment was levied in real silver, and in practice, it was converted into money. During the Daoxian period, the price of money plummeted, and the market price was 16,700 wen yuan to exchange for one tael of silver, and the government inflated many names, and the result was that one or two fields were levied 2,400 wen or even more.

And Ningbo's red and white double stickers are heavier than the burden of the bottom of the society, the red stickers are the special treatment enjoyed by large households, one or two field fu only levy two thousand wen money or even less, and the white paste is the common people can not bear the heavy endowment, one or two field fu to levy three thousand two hundred wen money, which is almost twice the market price of the silver money exchange, and finally Duan Guangqing abolished the red and white two stickers regardless of the large households or civilians, the unified collection of two thousand six hundred yuan, won the unanimous praise of the entire Ningbo government.

Under this system, the burden of large households is not only very light, but also the accumulation of taxes is staggering.

Zhang Yuzao hit the idea on these big households, Feng Sixian said: "The meaning of inspection is to set a standard, for example, those who owe less than 20 taels should not be investigated." ”。 ）