Chapter 190 Unify Bei'an and convene a county court

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 190 Unify Bei'an and convene a county court

In Zhou Bai's view, it would be too incompetent for the government to compromise with a small ethnic group that has long lost the ability to make weapons and has no extraordinary people.

Of course, this may also be because the bloated and corrupt local government agencies did not want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to eliminate a group of remnants after the heyday of Daxu's national power.

Judging from the current situation, if we want to completely eliminate the existence of the remnants, we will definitely need the support of the state, at least using more than 10,000 regular troops, preparing sufficient logistics, and fighting a protracted war.

However, for Zhou Bai and the Anbei Governor's Office, which had strong mobilization and cohesion, it was not difficult to solve the problem of unrest among the survivors.

On the night of May 11th, an almost forgotten army, with 2,000 men from the mountain camp responsible for guarding the Cangshan Mountains, was urgently transferred to the Ningqiu Mountains, and at the same time, 3,000 young and strong mountain people were recruited to accompany them.

From May 12th to May 15th, militiamen from the three counties in the north of the county stationed in the south of the county to assist in establishing a local militia system.

At the same time, a total of 5,000 regular garrison troops from the three counties south of the county except Ningqiu were dispatched to Ningqiu to support them.

On May 16, the Restoration Army tried to use its military superiority to confront the Dudu Mansion garrison, and a battle broke out outside Ningqiu City.

However, the armored rate was less than half, and many of the soldiers were armed with bamboo spears and stone spears. How could they fight against the regular soldiers of the Dudu Mansion who had just experienced a war?

In the army, sometimes having more people is not an advantage. Facing the five thousand garrison formed into a complete array, they are like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, harvested in batches.

Moreover, in order to ensure a thunderous strike and establish the absolute prestige of the Governor's Office in Bei'an County, Zhou Bai also sent Gao Hu and a thousand cavalry there.

With blood and blood flying everywhere, the 30,000-strong Nationalist Army was defeated head-on, and the battlefield was horrific.

No matter how brave you are, you cannot break through the indestructible military formation; no matter how brave you are, you are not afraid of death, but you are still afraid of the sharp and ruthless butcher's knife.

When the group of people who truly had the will to restore the country died, the restoration army collapsed. The instinct of these survivors who fled in despair was to flee to the "safe" mountains and forests.

I still remember that our ancestors were also killed by Daxu's army, but they could still survive as long as they fled into the mountains.

They also wanted to learn from their ancestors and escape into the surrounding mountains and forests to avoid the catastrophe of genocide.

But things turned out unexpectedly. What greeted them was not the left-behind tribesmen, but the mountain camps that were more adapted to life in the mountains than they were.

The mountains and forests of Ningqiu are nothing. The high mountains and ridges of Cangshan Mountain are like walking on flat ground.

Most of the nests and camps of the survivors in the mountains have been destroyed, and there is smoke everywhere.

Since the main targets of the mountain camp were groups of armed and armored soldiers of the Nationalist Army, under the continuous pursuit, more and more people put down their weapons and became harmless obedient citizens.

Zhou Bai believed that to deal with the remnants, unless there was a complete massacre, he would eventually have to find a way to bring them into rule.

The big stick has been released, and the majesty of the Governor's Mansion has been established. The next step is to show mercy and give the survivors a way to survive.

Dozens of official documents stamped with the seal of the Governor's Office began to circulate in the mountains and forests of Ningqiu.

Those who surrender within half a month will be registered with the governor's office and given the same treatment as Xia people and enjoy legal rights.

The survivors who came down from the mountain collected soldiers and armor, allocated basic acres of land, and allowed them to reclaim wasteland...

Generally speaking, the current policy is still relatively hard, giving you a way to survive, but you must create a household with all the people, and protect the country.

After some hard work and adjustments depending on the situation, development in a place as big as Ningqiu County is too limited.

Later, after Zhou Bai communicated with several mountain people leaders in Cangshan Mountain, they decided to temporarily leave the mountain camp and the three thousand young mountain people in Ningqiu to farm.

As the foundation, Cangshan Mountain is heavily guarded, and there is little room for mountain camps to use it. It is better to shine in Ningqiu, so as not to lose combat effectiveness.

At this point, the land of one county and seven counties was completely unified.

After so many days, the post-war pension and reward work was all clarified. While reorganizing the army, Zhou Bai held the first "prefecture court".

The name "prefecture and dynasty" comes from the "parallel system of prefectures and states" in the ancient to medieval dynasties. In the past, one county was equivalent to one country, and many royal family members would be enfeoffed and have the fiefdom of a county.

The principals of the prefecture would hold small court meetings in their country just like the emperor, and the officials of the prefecture would also go to the court to pay homage in accordance with the court etiquette, so it was called the prefecture dynasty.

Since it is a country, no matter how small it is, it still has a basic state system, and its political power system is basically the same as that of the central court.

Except for the "Three Dukes" who are appointed by the court, other officials at all levels are appointed by the king himself. The king of the county also has certain military power, financial power, governance power, etc.

Later, as the flaws of the "parallel system of prefectures and states" were exposed, and there was an unspoken rule of "expanding outwards", there were few orthodox dynasties that continued to implement this system.

But the influence of prefectures is far-reaching. At the end of many dynasties, the basic threshold for being recognized as a power was to separate a prefecture.

This is why, in today's world, many county governors are already listening to the instructions but not the propaganda.

Ambition does not appear at the beginning, and loyalty does not always exist. As the overall environment changes, the general trend will push you to change.

Yan Luo, the governor of Ruinan County, was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Xiangxing. At that time, Emperor Xiangxing was in his prime, the world was still singing and dancing, and all conflicts could be suppressed by the imperial court.

You said that Yan Luo at that time was not loyal to the court and unwilling to be a loyal minister?

Even until recent years, he may not have had such thoughts.

But once the situation changes, the world is in ups and downs.

Yan Luo saw that grassroots bandits were able to support their own troops and gain the title of Jiedu from the imperial court, and he was unwilling to do so.

Therefore, after Lei Haomiao mobilized Dingzhou's military power to annihilate the foreign generals' ships, Yan Luo declared himself the military envoy of Ruinan County.

And in order to coerce the imperial court, he reached an agreement with the major forces in the county in a short period of time to complete the unification of Ruinan County.

The imperial court did not dare to really force Yan Luo to rebel, so although it did not acknowledge Yan Luo's confession, it had no spare power to suppress it.

He just issued an order to Governor Lei Haomiao to deal with it and urged Yan Luo to abide by his official duties.

As the fifth-grade governor of the imperial court, he established his own independent regime in an upright and upright manner, and the imperial court did not resort to killing methods.

How could Zhou Bai be denounced as a rebel by the imperial court when he showed strong force, captured Bei'an County, and established the Anbei Governor's Office?

After all, it is just a governor's palace, and it has not yet proclaimed itself king or emperor, nor has it established a country.

Of course, within the Dudu Mansion, the system of prefectures and states is still used.

Anbei Governor's Mansion, the main hall of the former county government, was where the first county court was held.

The civil and military officials were divided into two classes, with the governor-general, Shi Chen Zhongbang, standing at the front.

After three melodious bells rang, Zhou Bai strode out from the back hall wearing a dress with fish, dragon and python patterns.

"At the beginning of the court, all the ministers kneel down and worship." Chen Zhongbang shouted loudly and took the lead in kneeling down.

"Your Majesty, please see the Governor." All civil and military officials followed Chen Zhongbang and knelt down in salute.

Zhou Bai has never liked complicated etiquette, but many regulations require etiquette to be maintained, such as this county dynasty, so there is no need for him to force changes.

There are only twenty or thirty people who are qualified to enter the main hall to pay homage, but the sound of paying homage shakes the roof beams. These are the people with the highest status and luck in the county.

Looking around, the clouds and fog gather, and their respective fortunes converge and collide, forming a small sea of ​​clouds, rippling in the hall.

Then a flash of light flashed in Zhou Bai's eyes, and his qi-gazing technique was fully activated, and the fates of these thirty officials were revealed before his eyes.

If the Heavenly Court knew that Zhou Bai had such great power and could observe people's fates or groups of people, he would definitely abide by Heaven's laws and punish him severely.

Above the heads of the ministers, a piece of fundamental life rose up and penetrated the clouds where foreign luck gathered.

Compared with Pingcang Kaifu, Huang Ming is still rare and proudly independent, but Red Ming is abundant and red, just like the red clouds.

It's not that the original white and red, pure white destiny disappeared, but that they followed Zhou Bai through the test and got the opportunity to transform their destiny.

For example, Zhou Rui's original destiny was only red and white, but now he is a pure red destiny.

Zhou Bai was quite satisfied with the luck situation in the hall. It was these people who defended the foundation of his system.

Just sitting here, he can clearly feel that his destiny as a leader is constantly increasing, and his destiny is also supporting the ministers below.

With the combined support of the principals and ministers, this small system continued to expand and finally became a national system.

After observing the movement of Qi for only a few moments, Zhou Bai nodded slightly and stretched out his hand to help: "My ministers, please stand up."

"Thank you, Captain!"

When the civil and military officials stood up again, Chen Zhongbang got the signal and walked up the two steps, sitting under Zhou Bai, facing the officials.

This is the authority given to him by Zhou Bai. At this moment, many people regard him as the Prime Minister of the country.

"According to the order of the governor, I will preside over this governor's court meeting. First, I will report the relevant situation in the battle to unify the entire county."

"In this battle, 326 people of the Demon-Suppressing Army were killed, 1,133 people of the garrison and mountain camp were killed, and 378 people of the militia and auxiliary soldiers were killed and seriously injured..."

The battle casualties alone were close to 1,800 people. Upon hearing this casualty number, everyone present felt their hearts tremble.

There have never been such casualties since the Duke raised his army. You must know that the demon-suppressing army only lost 244 people in the battle against demons from outside the territory.

Especially the civil servants, who did not follow the army and heard about daily victories on the front line in Pingcang, but how could they know the cruelty of war.

The two battles that night were bloody and they were hand-to-hand combats where there was no retreat.

The number of people killed in the battle did not exceed two thousand, which actually made Zhou Bai feel a little better, because he knew that this was the cruelty of the dragon war.

The only thing he can do is to protect the interests of these loyal warriors after their death.

"At present, all pensions have been paid in time, and the families of the heroes and martyrs have been registered and sent to each county for archiving to enjoy relevant rights and interests... The disabled soldiers who cannot continue to stay in the army are sorting out their resettlement destinations according to their personal wishes.

The entire security force will have no worries."

"Those who participate in this war will receive an additional month's military pay, and each person will be granted five acres of land. In addition, additional grants will be granted based on military merit..."

Hearing such decent and thoughtful arrangements and rewards, the strong men in the generals' ranks were visibly relieved.
To be continued...