"This person, this person, and this person." The sorcerer in the red robe saw the fallen monk from a distance, and instructed the witch behind him. Witch doctors have the same origin, Xiong Jing can only train medical personnel in witchcraft, only they dare to dissect corpses, transfusions, amputations, stitch wounds, cultivate green flies and maggots, etc., and only they have that kind of poisonous mushroom. The doctors are all witchcraft, and the army's security system is also full of witchcraft, but unfortunately only the sanitation and palace armor have witches with the army for the time being.

The ordered witch stepped over and tied Chen Ji's thigh tightly with a leather cord, and then wrapped a ball of silk wool to stop bleeding at the wound, and then checked Chen Ji's other injuries on his body, and asked questions at the same time, and then took out an orange piece of paper and wrote on it, and pasted it on Chen Ji's forehead, and then instructed the stretcher behind him to carry Chen He away.

Wu represents ghosts and gods, Chen He has been stiff all over his body since the beginning of the examination, and he didn't dare to take a breath of air, and he was relieved to see that she drew an orange piece of paper - Shangguan Gao said that the red charm is the most dangerous, Chen Ao was red last time, orange is second, yellow again, blue and green are the lightest, he really can't die this time.

After dealing with the honorable soldiers, it is the turn of ordinary armor soldiers. Cavalry charging into battle was a terrible thing, and most of the injuries were not caused by blades and arrows, but by the horses rushing and trampling. The only fortunate thing was that the cavalry did not have time to charge again, and they were called back.

Wounded soldiers are a resource that can be tapped, and if the wounded soldiers can be cured, most of them will become veterans, which is why Xiong Jing has made great efforts to cultivate witches and establish an army security system. Moreover, the casualties in the era of cold weapons are different from those in the era of hot weapons, and the casualty ratio during or before World War II can be simply summarized as three injuries and one death. Last year's statistics showed that in the case of a victorious war, the casualty ratio of a cold-weapon war was about five wounded and one dead, and the lost war could not be counted for the time being.

In addition to the war damage, the loss of food and climate was also extremely serious. Last winter, more than 50,000 people in the Chu army suffered frostbite, more than 1 in 10 died of frostbite, and about 5,000 others died of overwork, lack of diet, dysentery, and other diseases. To be precise, the number of soldiers who froze to death and died of illness in the Battle of Qingshui last year was more than the number of soldiers who died in battle-

This is entirely in line with the history of military service, and it was not until the Russo-Japanese War in 1900 that for the first time more people died in battle than from disease. This may have a lot to do with the fact that if the war lasts for several years, the logistical conditions deteriorate and the soldiers are weakened, and more soldiers will die of illness. During the four-year Civil War, the Northern Army suffered 110,000 casualties and 220,000 died of disease.

Drinking boiled water, digging deep toilets, providing high-calorie food, strengthening warmth, isolating and preventing epidemics, and burning infected corpses ...... these are all lessons learned last winter, but unfortunately many measures were only tested in sanitation and Wang stroke because of time, and were not extended to the entire Chu army.

Wu Qi rescued the wounded under the city, carried the wounded into the city with a special bed, and stood on the north west gate Chen Bu just glanced at it, but did not care. Li and the county official Chen Jian stood beside him, talking about the villagers entering the city.

"If you don't let the villagers into the city, the county soldiers will have no fighting spirit." Li He finally said, "There is also the king, and the king will not allow this." ”

Both sentences are decisive, Chen Jian looked at Chen Wu, Chen Wu said. He finally nodded in agreement, and bowed to Li He: "Please also ask Mr. Li to sue the king and send the villagers to Yingdu as soon as possible." And corn, everyone knows that there is not much corn, and some grain farmers don't sell rice anymore......"

There was chaos outside the city, and chickens and dogs jumped inside the city. While the waterway was still not cut off, some merchants had already left the city by boat. The price of millet is also rising, and it is said that it has been sold for 100 yuan a stone. The huge Chen County, the most prosperous city in the Chu State, really didn't expect it to become like this in the event of a war. Li He was only an official of the Great Sima Mansion and had no right to interfere in Chen Ying's city defense, but he still couldn't help shaking his head, and only hoped that the king would reply as soon as possible after receiving the news.

On one side, the outer dynasty of Yingdu opened a few days later, and on the other hand, the cavalry of the Qin army raided Chen Ying. Xiong Jing was faced with the choice of whether to go south or north. Of course, this choice is not difficult, the city that has been guarded for a long time cannot be breached in a short time, Xiong Jing's plan is to go to Yingdu first, and then go to Chen Ying.

But this opening of the foreign dynasty is not a big deal, it is nothing more than the people sent by various counties and towns to express their opinions. Judging from the current situation, the government of the people of the DPRK has become a struggle for power between Yingdu and various counties. The people of the county dynasty limited the power of the county princes and yin, and the people of the Yingdu dynasty limited the royal power.

It is acceptable for royal power to be restricted, but not military command. Since it is a decentralization of power to the people, then everyone must come up with substantive things, and it is not possible to give up power in Yingdu, but the county has not cede power. If the county does not give up some of its power, the common people will not get benefits and will not be able to taste the taste of power, so what does it have to do with who is the county prince and who is the king?

This was Xiong Jing's previous thoughts, but after going to Chen County last month, he changed some of his minds.

The situation of redundant officials and redundant officials in Chu State is very serious, and in an ordinary county, there are 200 officials in the county government alone, and there are local officials left over from the original township system outside the county government, counting from Lu Xu, as many as six or seven hundred. Many people, such as the smallest officials in the county government, fight food, that is, they will send a bucket of millet on the last day of work, and the officials of Chu State will rest every five days, and they will pay two or three stones a month.

Such a low income can't support the whole family at all, but the food officials in Chen County actually take a car, which is equivalent to the cleaning aunt of the county government driving a BMW in the future. Is it because the family is already rich? No. There is no car to sit in before entering the county government, and only after entering the county government can there be a car.

In a county with more than 10,000 households, nearly 1,000 officials are supported, and these officials also have wives and children. One-tenth of the land rent is simply not enough to make ends meet, and the military endowment is suspected to have been misappropriated by the county -- last year, some people in the Dasima Mansion suspected that the military granaries in some counties were empty, and there was no military ration in them, and the government also had to subsidize the counties and towns every year.

Once the county and foreign dynasties are opened, the situation of redundant officials and redundant officials will be reversed, and the abolition of officials will be inevitable. In order to stabilize the political situation, the only compromise is to buy out the laid-off jobs. That is, no matter whether it was a fight or a hundred stones before, refer to the actual situation to give a person who can support a family, or a one-time payment. Otherwise, if the county has raised these 40,000 or 50,000 local officials, it will no longer be able to raise honorable scholars, priests, and witches. And with their obstruction, it is difficult for the new deal to be implemented smoothly.

Such a change will inevitably touch the root of the county, and the officials and county officials will not sit idly by and watch the power transfer to others. Once chaos occurs because of this, the state of Chu will paralyze the whole country. But if it is not solved, it will not work, there are many landless feudal lords in Chu State, and there are more than a dozen families in the county to raise one household, and if the officials continue to reproduce, they will swell to the point of dragging the country to death......

From Xiapi to the south into the Huai River, and then from the Huai River against the water to the west for several hundred miles is Yingdu. On the second day after arriving in Yingdu, the outer court was opened.

There are no gongs and drums to cheer, only solemnity. The large court between the thatched gate of the royal palace and the ancestral temple is full of people according to the tradition of hundreds of years ago. On the left is the prince of the princess, on the right is the witch who should be standing in the position where the hundred officials should stand, and in the middle is the people from all counties and towns who rushed to Yingdu to enter the foreign court. After the three non-discussions were conveyed, the first thing that the people wanted to discuss was the county and the outside court, the reason was very simple, it was illegal and uncontrollable to buy Jane, and the county and the outside court could not be opened.

More than 100 Chinese people almost overwhelmingly supported the foreign dynasty of Buqi County, Xiong Jing didn't stop their words at all, and only asked left and right, "What do you think?" ”

"Is there any reason in the world to waste food because of choking?" Zhen Yin Zimo was the first to stand up against it. "If you don't start the county and the outside court, how can you start the foreign court? And if you don't open up the foreign court, how can the public opinion reach the royal court, and will you let the common people perish? As he spoke, he turned around and shook Xiong Jing: "Tell the king that it is against the king's law to make money buy Jane, and it is not all counties to buy Jane with money." We all thought that when the request of the people of the country was rejected, the court outside the county would be opened in the next month, and in consideration of the military affairs, it might be postponed until the end of the autumn or the end of the year. ”

"Exactly." Xiong Jing was also standing, and he nodded before asking, "What's the discussion?" ”

"The minister has objections." A Chinese man stepped forward, "The government of the people of the DPRK involves the people's society, how can it be easily dismissed?" ”

"What the Chinese people play, both left and right have the right to dismiss." Nao Cunning did not petition to open this foreign dynasty, it is wartime, and there are war reports coming from all the time, although Lu Yangjun is already in charge of these things, but he can't rest assured if he doesn't look at it.

"Tell the king, the ministers think that the people of the country are ridiculous." The witch heavenly official on the right is the leader of the Taifu Guanji. "Less than half of the counties have made money buy simple, so why should they be abolished. There are people who make money to buy Jane, and it is also the fault of the county Yin Yi Yin's negligence; Since the county Yin Yi Yin has neglected to supervise, it is even more necessary to enlighten the foreign dynasty and the people of the dynasty to discuss the county government, why abolish it? ”

"Tell the king, the minister also thinks that the people of the country are not right." Right Shi also stepped forward. The officials are divided into heavenly officials and earth officials, and the heavenly officials are on the right side when they open the outer courts, and they are in the same column as the witches. "Instead of negotiating the abolition, it is better to discuss how to put an end to the matter of making money buy simple."

"But it's not a matter of making money buy Jane." Another Chinese person stepped forward and announced, "Some businessmen give beauties to the clan teacher, so that the whole clan chooses Jane for themselves; There are also people who build roads and bridges to help orphans and widows, clearly saying that this move is to facilitate the party, but in fact it is to please the party; There are even more shameless people, who set up a women's market next to the selection of Chinese people, and those who vote for Jane and themselves can enter and have a great ......"

"Haha......" I don't know who laughed, causing the people to laugh. The people who were heartbroken and stated that the bad guys had exhausted their methods immediately looked back in confusion, and the servants shouted rudeness.

Xiong Jing also laughed, but he couldn't laugh, he could only hold back. After this Chinese man finished talking about how bad a bad person is, he turned his head and asked Xiang Zuo Yin Mengzhengyu, "What does Zuo Qing think?" ”

"Tell the king, the minister thinks that he should first discuss the law of the selection of the countrymen." Meng Zhengyu did not like Yushi, but supported the government of the people of the dynasty who were not contaminated by money.

"Exactly." Xiong Jing nodded. "This discussion ends here, and the law for the selection of Chinese people is drawn up within three months by the Zuo Yin Mansion, and then it will be discussed."