Chapter 221: Government Affairs
Among the government affairs sent by Yanzhou City, in addition to the above two things, there is also a matter that needs to be decided by Zhao Xun. That is, the security army in each county town, similar to the previous government army, has a county supervisor, responsible for the county's public security, banditry, anti-theft and other matters.
Although the scale was much smaller than that of the previous government army, none of the government officials under the command of the Huolin Army in Yanzhou City dared to make any approval or opinion on this proposal. You must know that Zhao Xun is now vigorously co-opting the guards of those landlords and merchants and some family guards, and strictly controlling the amount of family guards under their names. In other words, Zhao Xun was extremely strict with the control of soldiers, and did not allow private soldiers who were not under the control of the army.
Now that some people have mentioned that they are in the county towns, it is not easy for the officials in government affairs to give instructions, so they directly pass it to Zhao Xun and let him deal with it. The cause of this incident is not a military matter, but a civilian matter. Since the Huolin Army took Yanzhou City, it has become the master of Yanzhou Mansion, and the soldiers under its command come from a wide range of sources, such as ordinary young people, homeless people, government soldiers, mountain bandits, private army guards, etc.
However, after several months of fighting, there were naturally many casualties, and many of the non-commissioned officers of the Huolin Army could no longer meet the combat requirements of the Huolin Army because of their physical injuries, and they could not continue to serve in the Huolin Army. After receiving a certain amount of compensation according to the bereavement pension, the Huolin Army will either be returned to their homes, placed in the Township Inspection Division, or left in the recruit camp according to their wishes and physical condition. However, some of the soldiers who returned home had problems. Some soldiers have lived a life of licking blood with knives for several years, and their tempers are very arrogant, and they will fight if they disagree.
In just a few months, more than 100 people were injured because of big and small things, and there were all kinds of miscellaneous reasons, but most of them involved the veterans. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured or killed, but the trouble was in the presence of soldiers, most of whom were in trouble, which caused a headache for local officials.
In this regard, Zhao Xun was also very distressed, although the new barracks and the inspection department could accommodate some, there were still many soldiers who could not be properly handled, so they had to be allowed to return home. But now there is talk of setting up a security force in each county with a county supervisor, and placing among them those veterans who cannot take part in the enemy's fighting. Although it is not possible to fight against foreign enemies, it is still possible to deter local security, arrest bandits, train soldiers for the Huolin Army, and more importantly, let the Huolin Army in those counties where it is stationed get out and join the army, without having to let these powerful teams be trapped in the local area.
Speaking of this mentions, Zhao Xun also knew that it was actually to add a county lieutenant to the county, which was similar to the military captain of Yan State. But unlike the military captains of the prefecture, the army of Yan is not under the jurisdiction of the county, but only obeys the orders of the governor of the prefecture, and the lieutenant obeys the governor, of course, if there is an accident in the prefecture and county, they also need assistance. The government and military system of Yan State cannot interfere in local government affairs, and it cannot have the slightest hint. The post of county lieutenant proposed now is subordinate to the county order, and according to the size of the county, 500 and 1,000 county soldiers are set up to be the head of the county soldiers to deal with public order and other matters in the county.
Speaking of the county lieutenant, it is equivalent to the current director of the public security bureau, which existed in the Qin Dynasty, and was the Qin and Han systems. Generally, there are two people in large counties and one person in small counties. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to Zheng, and he was reinstated as a lieutenant, and the county was two or one person, and he was in charge of judging the affairs of the divisions. The county lieutenant of Song took it as his duty to read the feather archers and prohibit rape. Liao, Jin, and Yuan were all set up until the Ming Dynasty. However, Yan Guo does not have this position, and there are only government and military officials above the locality. However, the subordinate government army far exceeds the number under the jurisdiction of the county lieutenant.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Xun also felt that this guy named Lu Ziliang was reasonable, stationing the elite of the Huolin Army in Zhuxian was a great waste, and it would reduce the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. It is also necessary to establish county lieutenants at the local level who are in charge of law and order and the arrest of thieves. Township inspection department, the county has a county lieutenant. In this way, some of the defenders in the safe counties could be extracted and used for the war. What's more, some veterans can also be accommodated. Not all of these veterans are physically disabled, but some of them are physically injured and can no longer participate in the fierce combat requirements, but it is more than enough to stay in the place and deal with some traitors and bandits, and more importantly, they are still very loyal to themselves and to the Huolin Army, and they can also reduce the occurrence of riots in the local area.
So Zhao Xun made instructions, set up county soldiers in each county, set up a county lieutenant, in charge of public security and arrest of thieves, a county has one main position, two deputy positions, and the county soldiers under its jurisdiction are according to the size of the county, or hundreds, or thousand. The matter is handled by the Governor's Office, the Shadow Guard, and the Chief Secretary for Administration.
In addition to this matter, this Lu Ziliang also mentioned a mention, which made Zhao Xun a little surprised. His mention is something that Zhao Xun wants to do, but can't do it for the time being, and he doesn't have the energy to do it. This Lu Ziliang quickly took Shunzhou Mansion and Haizhou Mansion, and taking Shunzhou Mansion blocked the retreat route of the Jin army in the south of the three provinces and the passage for the south of the Jin army to support; Taking Haizhou Mansion will allow the Huolin Army to greatly increase its financial resources, and it will not have to rely on the Great Purge to obtain finance and taxes, and at the same time it can occupy the northeast of Youzhou. In other words, half of Youzhou, which now belongs to the Yan Kingdom, will fall into the hands of the Huolin Army, and its strength will increase greatly.
In Lu Ziliang's words, the current Youzhou has obviously given up the land of the Four Mansions, and the Yan Army is no longer dealing with the Yan Army of the Four Mansions. Why not occupy the Shunzhou Mansion and kill the road to the south or north of the Yan army, as for the Yan army and the Huolin army, what way out can there be? The Yan army does not care about the Yan army occupying the four provinces, but it does not mean that it will continue to invade the south. Then isn't the Jin Ya army in these four prefectures just the turtle in the urn, you can clean it up as you want, of course, provided that you can put it evenly. With the current momentum of the Huolin Army, will they be afraid of the Evil Army?
As for Haizhou Mansion, it is the place where the northern part of Youzhou intersects with the sea, and the terrain is long and narrow. The merchants of the sea route were all connected to other prefectures and counties through Guò Haeju, with the Jin people in the north, Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and Wa in the east, and Qing, Xu, and Yangzhou in the south. This is also the reason for the large population of the neighboring Yanzhou Mansion, which is almost twice as populous as Yingzhou Mansion.
Haizhou Mansion was rich, Zhao Xun knew it earlier, but Haizhou Mansion was not occupied by the Yan Army. Zhao Xun guessed that this was also the result of the negotiation between the Ministries of the Yan Dynasty and Youzhou, and the Haizhou Mansion was still the Yan State. Zhao Xun has no reason to attack, this can't stand up to righteousness. Lu Ziliang's idea was to drive the Yingzhou Mansion's Ying Ya army to Haizhou Mansion, and the Huolin Army followed closely and then acted. If it really doesn't work, you can also drive the Yan army of Weizhou Mansion to Haizhou Mansion. The north of Haizhou Mansion is connected to the Jian'an Mansion occupied by the Yan Army, and the Yan Ya troops will definitely go south to rescue. Then there is also a reason to enter Haizhou Mansion, as for how to operate, it depends on the actual situation.
Lu Ziliang! Zhao Xun hadn't heard of this name before, and he didn't know that he had this person under his command, but this person's idea was completely under the premise of his own separation. Situ Liang, the head of staff of the Governor's Mansion, also said that this person was a newly recruited staff member who had solved several problems in government affairs. You must know that the staff group is all from the Fire Lin Army, and joining requires strict scrutiny from the Shadow Guard, which also shows that there is no problem with this guy.
Lu Ziliang's idea is good, if it weren't for the Northern Navy going south in winter, maybe Zhao Xun would have considered this, but now, the strong pressure of the Northern Navy is pressing on his head, and he can't help but solve it. In addition, the Shunzhou Mansion is not very easy to solve, the forces of more than 30,000 people are entangled with each other, as well as the tens of thousands of troops of the Yan Army, in addition, Li Huaiyuan, the governor of Youzhou, and the Khitans are also involved, it is really not a good time to intervene. However, Zhao Xun still had an idea about Lu Ziliang, and also checked Lu Ziliang's details.
Lu Ziliang is a child of a small family in Youzhou City, who moved to Yanzhou City three years ago and has been until now. There was no problem, but it seemed that his woman was involved with some big family in Youzhou, and the two seemed to have been forced to come here. But nothing else is wrong. In this regard, Zhao Xun did not make any decision, but still sent an order, asking the Shadow Guard to spread the secret agents to Shunzhou Mansion and Haizhou Mansion to strengthen the inspection of the situation in the two prefectures. If the conditions are right, Zhao Xun will still enter the land of the two mansions. At the same time, another major focus of the Shadow Guard is the Pingzhou Mansion.
Pingzhou Mansion is Zhao Xun's hometown, and Zhao Xun will not forget that his father and the people of Yifu were all killed by the governor of Pingzhou and the assassin Shi. Although the Tikon was involved, they couldn't escape. The hatred of killing one's father and destroying one's family are not shared. Pingzhou officials, in Zhao Xun's eyes, there is only one end, death!
As for the war in Yingzhou Mansion, as far as the news goes, it is a qiēshun lì. Zhao Xun was still very satisfied with the appearance of the generals under his command. But the financial situation of the two governments also made Zhao Xun a little worried. Isn't it money that fights a war? But now, his own foundation is really weak, and some of them can't hold on, which is also a problem that Zhao Xun urgently needs to solve.
handled some government affairs sent by Yanzhou City, and a few letters from his family were sent along with him. Two women who have become husband and wife, the letters are naturally full of longing and love. The rest also sent letters, and Li Xinyan, who lived in Zhao Mansion, said bluntly, how is the war going? Is it meant to have fun? Zhao Xun who watched it broke out in a cold sweat, this Li Xinyan, how do you look at it, how does she not look like a noble lady from the Metropolitan Governor's family. In addition to the letters, some winter clothes were also delivered, all made by the women themselves, and, of course, a few cloaks.
Looking at these things, Zhao Xun's heart felt warm, and it seemed that this harsh winter was no longer so cold......