Chapter 18 County Order Suppression of Bandits - Preparation (1)

Hearing that even the county town was attacked by bandits twice, Zhao Kang was almost scared. A little weak-hearted asked: "Chen Erdian, is there a little less of our more than 1,000 militia soldiers?" You see, in case those bandits, such as the bandit leader named the one-eyed dragon, come with thousands of bandits to attack our Fugu county. Will we be unable to stop it? ”

Chen Erdian said in a disdainful tone: "Don't worry, Lord County, with the militia here, plus the assistance of everyone from the police station, even if those bandits are given a hundred dares, they will never dare to set foot in the thirty miles of our Fugu County, let alone attack the county seat." ”

Zhao Kang asked puzzledly, "Didn't you say that he had three or four thousand people?" We have more than a thousand soldiers, how can we fight with others? ”

Chen Erdian said: "Lord County, although those bandits and robbers claim to be three or four thousand, they are all counted as the old, weak, sick and disabled, and women's families. There are 300 people who can really fight, and besides, with the kitchen knives and sticks in the hands of those bandits, they can't compare with our militia. If they fight head-on, the Admiral will believe that a single charge will kill them and abandon their armor. It is precisely because of this that they can occupy the mountain as kings, if they are really like big thieves such as Li Thief and Zhang Thief, how can the court let them be so free? ”

Chen Erdian's words gave Zhao Daxian Ling infinite courage, and Zhao Kang has always thought that bullying children is very interesting and worth doing. Holding his chin and thinking about it, Zhao Kang said: "The families of our soldiers want to farm the land, and those displaced people want to distribute the land, and it is far from enough to rely on the surroundings of our county town. The better land around the county seat is all owned by those gentry, they have land deeds, which are reasonable and legal, and we can't forcibly expropriate them. ”

Chen Erdian asked, "What does the county lord mean?" ”

Zhao Kang, who was courageous, said in a very sacred tone: "Our Fugu County is not big when it is big, but it is not small when it is small. I was appointed by the court as the commander of Fugu County, of course, I want to benefit the people, how can I let the people under my rule let those bandits and thieves bully? So we need to save people from fire and water. As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who goes to hell! From now on, Chen Erdian, you give me a good training of the militia soldiers, and next month we will start to suppress bandits, and I, Zhao Kang, want to let the people of Quanfugu County have a safe, stable and peaceful living environment. ”

Chen Erdian replied loudly: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

In fact, Zhao Kang didn't want to do such a thing as suppressing bandits, but after this period of understanding, Zhao Kang found that all the better land around Fugu County belonged to the squires and landlords in the city, and the families of the militia soldiers under him could not allocate good land at all, and if the land was too far away from the county seat, it would be very unsafe. This incident made Zhao Kang anxious.

However, it is not enough to just send troops to exterminate these bandits, as far as Zhao Kang knows, in fact, most of these bandits are good citizens, and the court and the border army are simply unreliable in this season of war and chaos. When people sit at home, evil comes from heaven, and there are too many such things to count in this year. In desperation, he could only follow a large group of bandits up the mountain for refuge. Therefore, in the bandit gang, except for a small number of people who are really executioners whose hands are stained with the blood of the people, most of them are not bad.

No matter what era it is, there are always a few people who are born with sores on the top of their heads and pus on the soles of their feet.

The day after Zhao Kang gave Chen Erdian's order, under the leadership of Zhao Kang, Zhao Fugui, and Bo Zhangjun, the lord of Fugu County, a large-scale propaganda campaign began throughout Fugu County. Considering that the grassroots work at this time in the late Ming Dynasty was very inadequate, Zhao Kang directly ordered that all village heads, lieutenant chiefs, and town mayors in Fugu County must go to the county to participate in the propaganda conference on the knowledge of suppressing bandits held by Zhao Kang.

Everywhere they went, they summoned all the villagers to read out the "Suppression of Bandits" issued by the county magistrate himself.

In fact, the order for suppressing bandits has four requirements:

First, all bandits must take the initiative to surrender unconditionally in Fugu County within May, accept the reorganization of Zhao Kangzhao, the county commander of Fugu County, and if they do not surrender within the time limit, they will all be treated as anti-thieves, and the Fugu County militia will be sent to exterminate them.

Second, the villagers and gentry who financed the bandits were all dealt with on the charge of thieves, and all their family property and land were confiscated. At the same time, everyone is welcome to report, as long as it is verified that the subject of the report has indeed committed a thief, the whistleblower will receive half of the property of the thief villagers and gentry.

Third, the county government police station will set up a police station in each of the 12 townships and towns of Xinmin, Tianjiazhai, Wujiazhuang, Wangjiadun, Moleng, Gushan, Haizemiao, Papaya, Qingshui, Huangfu, Walltou, and Mazhen, to maintain social order in each township, town, and village, arrest thieves, fire safety, and handle disputes. When bandits, thieves, homeless people, or Mongolian Tatars attacked, the police of the township police station were responsible for organizing the villagers and gentry to defend, resist, or retreat.

Fourth, all conspicuous places and important transportation hubs in the entire territory of Fugu County, whether they are walls or city walls, whether they are landlords' houses or peasants' houses, are all painted with big brushes with big-character posters. It is strictly forbidden for everyone to wipe it. The owner of the house is responsible for the handwriting on the house, and the county government will send people to check it from time to time. If the handwriting is illegible or erased, it will also be treated as a thief.

Bo Zhangjun, the mayor of Fugu County, spoke at the meeting, demanding that all the squires, landlords, and ordinary people in Fugu County must unite around the county lord Zhao Kang and Zhao, and conscientiously study the important ideas of the four requirements of Lord Zhao, the "four requirements" are the banner, the direction, and the source of strength for tens of thousands of people in Fugu County; To study the "four demands," we must not only shout slogans, but also put them into practical action, permeate the "four demands" in the work of suppressing bandits, and take the spirit of the important meeting held by Mr. Zhao as the core to carry out the activities of suppressing bandits with the militia and the county government.

For a time, people in Fugu County were panicked, and the county was full of big-character slogans:

"One person is a thief, and the whole family is a thief!"

"A thief for one day, a thief for life!"

"A hundred-year plan, based on thieves!"

"Carry out advanced education activities for villagers and practice the four requirements of Lord Zhao Kang" and "important anti-bandit thinking"

"Cherish life and stay away from bandits!"

"The descendants of Yan and Huang should be self-reliant, and the bandits and thieves should be the Ming Dynasty!"

"Suppressing bandits depends on everyone, benefiting the people and everyone!"

"Bandits must be suppressed, thieves must be destroyed, bandits must be punished, and thieves must be punished"