Chapter 216: The Politics of Kings, Don't Be in a Hurry for Thieves

"The government of the king, don't be in a hurry for thieves, it seems that the prince has won the law of governing the country and the city. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

After Qi Kun said goodbye and went home, and Zhao Bo was also arranged by Mingyue to live in the county temple, Cai Ze, who had not spoken for a long time, congratulated him with a smile and said such a sentence.

Mingyue looked at him and said, "This is Li Kui's words?" “

Cai Ze bowed his head: "However, it is said that Li Kui set the "Book of Laws" for Wei Wenhou back then, and when the officials were arguing about what kind of law to take first, Li Kui said that the government of the king should not be in a hurry for thieves, so the "Law of Thieves" and "Law of Thieves" were listed at the beginning of the article. Since then, a large number of thieves have been arrested in the territory of Wei, and the thieves of Wei have been eliminated, and the people and heroes have surrendered, and then the law of exhaustion and peace has been slowly promulgated, and since then the Wei State has been governed. “

He praised: "When the prince first came to Qi County, although he appeased the Qi family by paying homage to Qi Xi Temple, and recruited talents in the county with a recruitment order, the chief was suspicious, and the people did not attach it. Even if it is a small success, once the thief destroys it, the previous work will be lost. Now let's start with the bandits and eliminate the two evils for Qi County, but it is a good way, and the chief of Qi County has no reason to refuse, and the people who are deeply affected will also applaud. “

Mingyue shook her head: "I have to send it when the arrow is on the string, I don't have time to slowly fight wits and courage with the local heroes, so I have to learn how to solve the cow and start from the bone joint." “

There are still four years left in the decisive battle of Changping, and the battle for the party is even closer, he has already heard that the Qin army has been dispatched again, and the target is directly aimed at South Korea, at this time, how can he be trapped in this square inch of Qi County?

"But the Lord." Cai Ze said again: "Although you are in a hurry to steal first, if you want to suppress thieves, there are a few things, but you must be prepared first." “

It's good to have a think tank, you don't have to think about everything by yourself, Mingyue said: "Sir, please speak." ”

Cai Ze has already prepared a series of strategies, and at this time, they will come one by one.

"First of all, we should prepare grain and hold the grain in the county in our hands!"

Cai Ze has his own reasoning, he said: "The lord once worked as the right worker of Handan, and supervised the construction of a carriage for transporting grain. If you want to suppress thieves, you need people and horses, and it is not a small amount for people to eat horses and chew, if the supply is not available, there is no way to talk about suppressing thieves. ”

He analyzed: "The sovereign has now completed the handover with Qi Ling, and has mastered the county's household registration, acres of land and taxes over the years. In the past few days, the minister also followed the warehouse order to inspect the three granaries in the county, but found that there was not much surplus grain, compared with the accounts on the slip, there was no obvious corruption, I am afraid that it was because of the lack of green and yellow, and it was not time for the people to pay the grain, so there was not much surplus grain. It's not appropriate to ask the people for food suddenly, and I'm afraid the son will have to think of a way to find a way to do this food......"

Mingyue thought for a while: "In this green and yellow age, painting bread can't satisfy hunger, and it can't be changed into grain out of thin air, and wanting to fill the grain warehouse is nothing more than two ways, inside and outside." “

"First, I funded the purchase from nearby Jinyang, Yuci and other places, and with my identity as Chang'anjun, the Taiyuan County Guard should not stop it. The second is to ask for grain from the county's strengths......"

But if you are long, who doesn't have some food? On weekdays, they rely on these grains to lend to hungry households, so as to earn usury, and even let them use land to repay debts, so that there will be a situation where the rich are connected and the poor have no place to stand, and the thieves in Qi County are in serious trouble, in addition to the war and the unique terrain of the border of the three countries, I am afraid that it is also directly related to the annexation of land by the Qi family, the Wen family and other heroes, right?

Cai Ze smiled: "This is the trouble, asking for food from Hao's strengths is like snatching bones from a dog's mouth!" ”

Mingyue groaned and said, "How much is there a shortage of food?" ”

"If a person eats one and a half stones per month, even if two thousand people are dispatched, it will only take one month to gather, send troops, and suppress thieves, at least three thousand stones will be needed! If you want to be safe, you need 5,000 stones, and now there are only 1,000 stones in the warehouse in Qi County, and you need 4,000 stones......"

Mingyue said: "In this case, I will send someone to Jinyang and Yuci to buy two thousand stones, and the remaining two thousand, let the county chiefs come out!" After all, it is also good for them to suppress thieves. “

After agreeing on this matter, Cai Ze began to talk about the second thing.

"Li Kui is the first thief, and can quickly solve the problem of bandits in Wei State, because Wei State has 200,000 people in the local area, and it may not be as good as a military pawn in a bloody battle, but he is very good at suppressing bandits. Compared with Li Kui, the current force in Childe's hands is only afraid of being insufficient......"

This point, Mingyue is naturally clear, compared with Pingyuan and Meng Wei, his power as a feudal monarch is not large, and when he was in Handan, he only raised more than 100 scholars, 200 rangers, good families, and evil boys. Because he only planned to come to Qi County to inspect at first, and after a little understanding of this place, he only brought more than 100 armed men from Handan, and more could not be transferred for a while.

Besides, the thieves and thieves in Qi County either hide in the grass around Zhaoyu Qi, or occupy the mountain as the king in the Ershan Mountain, and most of the private subordinates brought by Mingyue are Handan people, who do not know the geography, and have not experienced mountain and water battles, and they will be defeated in a hurry.

In this way, the manpower of this bandit will have to find a way elsewhere.

He waved at Cai Zezuo and said, "Sir, do you have a clever plan?" ”

Cai Ze did not disappoint Mingyue, he said with a smile: "There are three ways for the minister. ”

He stretched out his first finger: "First, it is to grasp the county pawn as soon as possible, Qi County has a county pawn establishment of 500, and the county lieutenant has handed over the roster of these 500 people, as well as the runes of the military power, to the son!" ”

Originally, it would be good for a county to have more than 100 standing county soldiers, but because Qi County is a border county, it has increased to 500, and there is also a central capital city in the south as a border fortress of the Zhao army, and there is a captain with a thousand people guarding there, but those 1,000 people are border guards, and it is impossible for Mingyue to move, so these 500 county soldiers have become the biggest reliance in his hands.

Mingyue frowned: "But the roster of five hundred people, at least one hundred are vacant, either died in the war six years ago, or they were sick and did not make up, and there are many county captains and centurions who have suffered a deficit, and the actual number of soldiers is only four hundred ......."

Cai Ze said: "That's why we have to master it as soon as possible!" As for the vacancies, just try to fill them. “

He came up with an idea: "The lord can let Zhao Bo go to Xixiang to recruit troops, in addition to the county, Qi County also has four townships, of which Xixiang is the largest, with 2,000 households. Since Xixiang has been brutalized by Zhaoyu Qi's water thieves, and when he heard that the lord had recruited troops to suppress the thieves, he would definitely come to vote enthusiastically, Hugh said a hundred, even if he recruited three or five hundred! When suppressing thieves, these Saigo people can be used as guide forwards to kill the enemy. After the problem of thieves was lifted, these people were grateful to the lord and just included them in his personal belonging, so that the lord had a loyal army, mastered the city defense, controlled the law and order in the county, and made the chief dare not make a mistake, wouldn't it be logical? ”

"Good!" Mingyue clapped her palm: "I will let Gong Zhongyin, Dong Fang, Post Wuxin, and Feiping take over the county guards tomorrow, let them eliminate the old and weak, streamline it, and then let Zhao Bo go to Xixiang to recruit Xiangyong for me and fill the vacancy!" “

However, there is still a problem with this.

Mingyue and Tian Jia's marriage has been decided, but the girl wants to keep filial piety for King Qi for half a year, and he will go to Linzi to welcome his relatives in July, which means that at most, in June, he will have to leave Qi County temporarily......

It's the middle of April now, and there are only two months left for Mingyue, although he promised to solve the two evils that plagued Qi County within a year, but if possible, he wants to solve the matter before leaving! In this way, power is concentrated, prestige is established, obstacles are cleared, and when the next time you come, you can do things in a big way.

However, the matter of the bandits is very urgent, and the matter of recruiting people on the spot, taking care of their food and clothing, and then slowly training them is not in a hurry, and two months is absolutely not enough.

Since it is impossible to achieve elite soldiers, it can only increase the number of people.

Cai Ze stretched out his second finger: "The second is to let the county leaders come out." “

"The minister has inquired, the Qi clan and its affiliates add up to thousands of strong men, and the Wen family, which ranks second in the county, also has five hundred strong men, even if half of each family is out, there is no problem in making up a thousand!"

Mingyue laughed: "I just finished the food, and I want manpower, these dogs are going to take food, I'm afraid the elders will shirk it in every possible way." ”

Cai Ze sneered: "They dare to shirk the county order and lieutenant, but if the lord proposes it, do they dare to push back?" “

Mingyue thought for a while: "That's it, tomorrow I will set up a banquet and invite all the county chiefs!" I'm going to have a showdown with them in person! I have done enough etiquette, if there are still people who don't know how to lift, they can only use power to suppress! “

This is his plan to govern Qi, salute first and then soldier, so that by suppressing thieves, he can also grasp all the politics, army, and food in the county!

"And thirdly, what is the clever plan?"

"Childe can be so ......" Cai Ze whispered in Mingyue's ear: "This is a foolproof strategy, as long as this third rule is completed, it will be easy to suppress thieves and eliminate the two evils!" “