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Yang Lin chatted with them for a while and invited them into the Big Account. Yang Lin once again thanked the two big scholars for coming to cavalry of Youzhou. It was as if they had specially come to look for Yang Lin. After chatting for a while, they unknowingly talked about the Army of Montenegro.
”Seniors, the Army of Montenegro is currently filled with dozens of large and small groups that are hidden deep within the Five Elements Mountain. They often come out of the mountains to rob and burn down the officials and commoners of the County. They would seize the opportunity to make their move, snatch it, and run. They would never fight head on with our army. The Five Elements Mountain rose from the north, connected to the south to the Yellow River, extended for a thousand miles, had lofty mountains and lofty mountains, caves and forests, and was connected to the outside world only by the birdway. Cars and horses should not be driven for long periods of time, and food and foodstuffs should not be provided in time. The official army pounced, and the bandits scattered like birds into the deep forest. The army exhausted themselves every day, but they could not catch a few bandits, so even if my cavalry of Youzhou had thousands of troops and horses, it was still impossible to guard against them. Do the gentlemen have a good plan? ”
”Since ancient times, there have been many thieves and bandits, but most of them have been guarded by the dense forest deep in the mountains. They were cunning and intertwined. A large part of the army retreated deep into the mountains to avoid the storm, while a small part of the army won the battle. ”Now that the imperial court has been destroyed, the world is in chaos. The heroes are everywhere, and those ambitious are all gathered in the forest. They all want to get a share of the chaos.”
Speaking of which, Han Rong was a little sad. As a scholar of the times, he certainly understood that the time for change was right now. The world had risen to greatness, it was the time when heroes used martial arts, how could the Army of Montenegro be willing to be lonely and entrap himself in the mountains?
”The reason the Army of Montenegro is like a fish in the water, able to advance and retreat freely is because the people around the Five Elements Mountain are poor and miserable. If the people did not fear death, how could they fear death? In order to completely eliminate the Army of Montenegro of the Five Elements Mountain, the only way is to suppress their armies and intimidate the bandits, at the same time, save the victims, give the people hope so that they can cut off their sources of troops and their eyes and ears, and trap the Army of Montenegro within the Five Elements Mountain. ”
Yang Lin slowly stood up and walked a few steps inside the Big Account, his mind gradually becoming clearer. said that it would take a long time before people could enjoy a better life. As long as they had hope for a better life, they would not collude with bandits and inform them about it.
However, this was only the good wishes of a monk. A man's base character was not something that could be changed through noble moral teachings, and strict rules and regulations were necessary to restrain his actions. In this chaotic world, people relied on swords and spears.
Yang Lin immediately thought of the fact that ever since he had taken charge of the Youzhou, he had always neglected the construction of grass-roots organizations. As there were no villains in Youzhou, this problem was not obvious. But now that the Jizhou and the Union State were in a critical situation, they needed to create an effective organization.
A system? This is a kind of social rule which has been extended for a long time by the feudal dynasties since the Song Dynasty, which is beneficial to the ruler to control the countryside strictly. However, it was also an anti-social, anti-democratic system that not only restricted the freedom of the people, but also served as a tool for bad people to do evil.
Autonomous Grassroots Commission? Obviously not. According to the experience of democratic elections, small scale elections, such as at the village and township levels, are often accompanied by clan forces, bribery, violence, and other ugly phenomena. On the contrary, a wide range of elections, such as county, county, state, or even the entire country, is much more civilized.
Yang Lin stopped and returned to his seat. He cupped his hands towards Han Rong and said, ”Mr. Han Rong's words have enlightened me. Our government office is built in the county town, the decree cannot reach the village, and the village and village level are mostly ruled by the gentry, no one is responsible for it, leaving the countryside empty. I want to reform the village at the two levels. The county government will send special personnel to every township, every village to act as county officials, country officers, village officers, village officers, village officers, village officials, village officials, village officials and village prime ministers to handle government affairs for the people. The village officers and village officers will be responsible for training the militia, and the village Cao and village Cao will be responsible for mediating the disputes between the people. With these people in every corner of the village, we will be able to grasp the movements of the Army of Montenegro at any time. ”
”Lord General, this method is really good. We can not only manage the villagers, but also investigate the bandits and train the militia to resist the small group of bandits.” Chen Ji frowned, his expression turning ugly: ”But since it's like this, how many officials are there in each county?
”Hehe …” Mr. Chen Ji, do you know how many yamen runners and soldiers there are in each county? ” Since Yang Lin had already thought of this idea, he naturally thought of the source of these officials: ”In order to guard against Army of Montenegro, every county has more than three thousand county soldiers, and more than a hundred yamen runners. If the Army of Montenegro did not go down the mountain to attack the city, these people would have nothing to do. ”Therefore, these basic officials are to be chosen from the county soldiers and yamen runners.”
”Oh …” That's doable! ” Chen Ji nodded, and continued: ”Lord General, other than sending officials to the village, I have something else to say. Now that the world was in chaos, if he wanted to exterminate the bandits, he would have to use a grand ceremony. He had to be strict with the officials, and he had to suppress the bandits. It was better to lose than to lose because of the severity of the situation. All robbers and robbers killed by looting or burning shall be put to death, and those who kill or catch robbers and robbers shall be given a heavy punishment, as well as bandits and accomplices. ”We have to make the people around Five Elements Mountain pale in comparison. They don't dare to have any dealings with bandits, much less become bandits.”
”Sir Chen Ji's words are reasonable!” Yang Lin never thought that the refined and refined Chen Ji would actually have such a vicious side to him. Everyone said that the Confucian school ruled the country with virtue, but in truth, the hand that the scholars used to kill was not any weaker than the wannabe. The only difference was that after killing the wannabe cultivators, they did not know to shirk their responsibility. After killing the Scholars, they would come up with twelve thousand reasons to kill.
”The Lord General, whether it is sending officials to the villages or severely punishing the bandits, although they can effectively suppress the bandits, the Army of Montenegro is now at the end of their road. In order to survive, even if they have to risk their lives, they still have to come down the mountain to rob. I can say with certainty that this autumn's harvest time, the Army of Montenegro will go all out to frantically rob us. ”
Hua Xin did not say a word. His meaning was obvious, although a long-term peace method was good, there was no time to delay the reality of the situation. He looked at Yang Lin, and said with a serious expression.