When Wang Zheng walked out of the palace, dusk was already deep.
Nancheng District is the area with the highest concentration of shops in Kaiyang, and at this time, servants and servants who were finishing their work naturally appeared in the streets and alleys, and the flow of people was much denser than before.
Pedestrians who were eager to return home were walking in a hurry, and the dust they trampled was blown by the cool evening breeze, and gray particles were seen floating everywhere in a vast expanse.
After occupying it for a long time, since the heavenly army never invaded their lives and property, the people's fear naturally gradually disappeared. Although the army and the people were not united, they no longer avoided it out of fear.
At this moment, although Wang Zheng was wearing regular clothes, the guards around him were all wearing armor and carrying swords. As a result, although the common people did not dare to speak loudly, they whispered and pointed at them from time to time.
The most important thing is that these people gathered together in a chaotic manner. They could not be said to block it, but they also slowed down Wang Zheng and other people's return to the county government.
Upon seeing this, the leader of the soldiers was about to step forward to clear the way for the general, but was stopped by Wang Zheng with a wave of his hand.
This scene actually made him very familiar and very happy.
For those who are familiar with it, it naturally reminds Wang Zheng of those evening rush hours when he got off work every day in his previous life. This kind of bustling and bustling atmosphere would make ordinary people depressed, but it would make the rulers of the city see prosperity.
What is gratifying is that Wang Zhengneng can naturally see from this that the people of Kaiyang have accepted and become accustomed to his rule and his army.
They may still be afraid, but they no longer regard these yellow scarves as poisonous snakes and beasts.
This is already rare.
Wang Zheng knew very well that this result was simply the result of the implementation of the peace order. After all, the people were the most practical and looked at actions rather than words.
It's always easier to destroy than to build.
Small things like giving way to the people may not make them support and love you more, but if you fight with the people, you may lose the hard-won harmony.
The people's impression of a leader or an army is formed by the accumulation of countless details.
More importantly, what he and the Tianjun are doing now is still more difficult to change the image than to establish the image.
So the group of people all reined up their horses and stopped on one side until night fell, and then they finally passed through Nancheng District and returned to the county government. At this time, the moon was clear and bright, thousands of lights were on, and countless orange light spots carried the fragrant smell.
Smoke from cooking pots fills the city.
Outside the residence, they met Mi Heng and Yu Jin, who had been waiting for a long time. However, Wang Zheng had previously had the idea in Pengcheng to marry his troops with local people. This idea was also recognized by everyone after it was proposed. Now Kaiyang is also making preparations.
this matter.
First of all, we naturally start with the generals and heavenly soldiers. Yu Jin is now the highest official in Kaiyang, and Ni Heng is Wang Zheng's chief counselor. Both of them are good at writing, so naturally they are in charge.
Of course, in later generations, there is a saying that if a leader opens his mouth, his subordinates will break their legs. In fact, sometimes it is more than just execution. When Wang Zheng has an idea, in addition to the final implementation, even how to implement it and the details of the charter are all left to Mi Heng and Yu Jin.
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In front of the window with his hands behind his hands, the night ban has begun to be enforced. At this time, the bustle of the entire city has come to an end. Looking at the rolling eaves of the house in front of him, Wang Zheng murmured to himself: "Our army can now occupy this place.
, and even the fact that I went from having nothing and nothing, to sitting on two counties and occupying dozens of cities, is all due to the bloody battles of my brothers."
"But even so." Wang Zheng turned back to look at the two of them and said solemnly: "In the future, you must not rob or rob women."
That day, Wang Zheng was shocked when he heard Mi Heng talk about Wu Sheng killing hundreds of people because of a thief. It was not because Wu Sheng had done such a thing, but because he had known nothing about it before.
Later, I reflected on this, as the saying goes, every gain must have a loss. With the help of the system, Wang Zheng naturally had absolute control over his troops, but it also made him often overlook many things.
Those things may have happened, but because neither the officers, soldiers nor the system felt that they harmed Wang Zheng's interests, so even if they did, Wang Zheng would not know about it.
Forget about the past, Wang Zheng doesn't want something he doesn't want to see happen in the future.
Yu Jin was startled, but he was not stupid enough to deny it directly. He knew more clearly that when Wang Zheng said "in the future", he meant that the marriage should not be forced, so he said: "General, don't worry, these things are just to strengthen my relationship."
The foundation of the army in Xuzhou is based entirely on volition."
"That's good." Wang Zheng nodded, skipping the previous events and getting straight to the point: "Then let's talk about it, how to handle it?"
"My lord." Mi Heng came out and said loudly: "First of all, since it is a marriage, we want to draw a range first. Officials who have been executed for crimes before, and wives, concubines, and relatives of military generals are not included in this case."
Wang Zheng nodded, this is what he should do. Now that he has formed a grudge, he should not lead the wolf into the house.
"Secondly, there are currently 154 lieutenant-level generals in Langya in the entire army, of which 35 are married and 119 are unmarried. The former can use these confiscated noble families, official maids, etc.
Give it to me as a concubine."
"This is a good idea." Wang Zheng's eyes lit up. Indeed, he only considered the feelings of the single, but he was also working for himself. If he only rewards the latter and ignores the former, it may not be unfair to favor one over the other.
You must know that most of these generals were just homeless people a year ago. To put it bluntly, the wives they could marry under such circumstances may not be outstanding. Most of the maids of famous families and gentry were also outstandingly beautiful, especially Duotong.
Music, singing and dancing, and being able to give her as a concubine can be regarded as winning over people's hearts.
"The latter is to select the surrendered officials in each city, the daughters of famous clans, etc., and adopt them as the main wife." Mi Heng continued: "Since it is the lord's grace, there is no need to pay personally for betrothal gifts such as generals, and they are paid by the lord.
The army and the army will make arrangements together, and I have ordered people to compile a list of suitable families, and the results will be roughly available within two or three days."
"That's right." Wang Zheng nodded. Mi Heng was smart and had already noticed his vague concerns about the aristocratic family. The so-called suitable family is that it should not be a wealthy family.
As the saying goes, the Heavenly Army now has a large number of people. No matter how capable Wang Zheng is, he cannot let everyone get married and start a career. As long as the general level is integrated with the local people, then the soldiers below will naturally follow suit.
After saying this, since Wang Zheng was about to leave for Langya soon, the three of them discussed other matters.
The Thief Catching Division was set up very quickly. In just one day, Wang Zheng selected more than 300 qualified candidates from the Heavenly Army. They would then be assigned to various cities one after another. In addition, Mi Heng also used the title of General Tiangong to
An official document was sent to Xu Fang, Wu Sheng and others, instructing them to select garrison troops in their own cities, and to gather enough manpower from the indigenous people.
As for the two major centers of Pengcheng and Kaiyang, the owners of the Robbery Division, according to the established thinking, are all served by Wang Zheng's personal soldiers. They are civilian officials in name, but still follow the military system in terms of organization, and their leaders are called arresters respectively.
The captain of the bandit division, the captain of the bandit arresting station.
Of course, under Mi Heng's vague suggestion, Wang Zheng specifically did not choose anyone from Zhao County or even Qi County.
With the gradual expansion of the army, the current factions in the army are basically composed of Wu Sheng and Xu Fang, and one thing that is becoming more and more obvious is that the backbone of the force is the people from Zhao County, and the proportion of people from Qi County is getting higher and higher.
Lai Da. There is no other way. They have been following Wang Zheng for the longest time. Due to many reasons, there were basically few hard battles in the year of the uprising. There were not many casualties but a lot of credit. This phenomenon is also normal.
Naturally, even if there is a system guarantee, Wang Zheng must pay attention to this point.
To put it more seriously, Wu Sheng killed hundreds of people at once in Linzi, and this happened without Wang Zheng knowing anything about it. Wang Zheng never wanted this situation to happen again, so it is best for the Robbery Division to be with the largest one in the Heavenly Army at present.
Factions don't matter, then you can have no ties, try to get rid of the influence of the army as much as possible, and do official business, so that you can better understand the spirit of Wang Zheng and carry out Wang Zheng's orders.
To put it mildly, the Robbery Division is only responsible for catching robbers in name, but because it has the right to collect intelligence, it actually has certain responsibilities to supervise the local area. Since it is necessary to supervise the local area, it is necessary to reduce the number of human relations, and people from the same town and county must
Sophistication factors.
The current Thief Catching Division can be said to be dominated by some of the old Yellow Turbans who were led by Zhang Rao, and some people from Xuzhou who surrendered and joined the system. These can be regarded as the other two newly formed factions in the current Tianjun.
However, it is easy to catch thieves in the local area, but these people have no experience in intelligence gathering. Wang Zheng does not have this, and neither does Mi Heng. On the contrary, Yu Jin is well-informed and has a little knowledge, so he can barely brainstorm and outline a framework. You can't eat a fat man in one bite.
The framework is there, but the specific details can only be slowly understood and supplemented at work.
After stamping the last seal, Wang Zheng stretched.
Not counting the Kaiyang Robbery Division, there are only about ten other cities in Langya Kingdom. The large and small officials in the Robbery Division need thirty or forty letters of appointment. In order to show their importance, Mi Heng originally planned to draft each appointment letter.
, Wang Zheng wrote it in his own hand, but after seeing Wang Zheng's stupid official script, Mi Heng, who joined the system, resisted the urge to make sarcastic remarks, but immediately dismissed Wang Zheng's sarcasm, and the decision was all his.
When he mentioned this, Wang Zheng touched his nose a little embarrassed and quickly changed the subject: "How is the progress of the cooperative?"
"Back to my lord, official documents have been sent to all places." Mi Heng said seriously: "Kaiyang alone has jurisdiction over more than a hundred villages, and Heng has started working on it in the past few days."
"We still need to speed up." It's not that I don't trust Mi Heng, but that the current time is indeed too precious.
Wang Zheng reminded: "It is spring plowing time now. One day later, the autumn harvest in the next few months will be less harvested. Try to finalize the prototype of the cooperative as soon as possible."
"Here."
"All kinds of needs of the common people, such as salt, cloth, etc., will be distributed from the treasury once the demand for each city is reported. Half of the money sold by cooperatives and agency stores will be given to the army, and 20% will be kept in each city.
The city is for civilian use and will be temporarily handed over to the agricultural envoys; the rest will be given to you, Pengcheng General Manager."
The civil administration has just started, and for now, it is still difficult to distinguish between the military and the civilians. The civil government offices in various cities, including Pengcheng and Kaiyang General Manager's Office, basically have no money, and they have to go to Wang Zheng for everything.
The most troublesome thing is that Xu Fang, who was in charge of this before, is now in Pengcheng. Mi Heng has to start from scratch for many things, first understand the military storage, and then ration them.
Speaking of which, his current official position has not yet been determined, but he already has great power. It is hard to say who is more important, Kaiyang or Pengcheng, but at present, Kaiyang, where Wang Zheng is sitting, is the real center of the Heavenly Army, and now the money and food,
Administration, people's livelihood, and even all affairs outside the army are all handled by Ni Heng alone.
This poisonous tongue who was a "virgin" in his last life until his death has lived a very lively life during this period. After all, no matter whether he is noble or unruly, men are fond of power at their core. As the saying goes, a little man cannot live without money for a day, and a man cannot live without money.
If there is no right, what is right?
In the final analysis, it is nothing more than people and property. People, property and things are the greatest rights in the world.
With such real power in hand, Mi Heng naturally doesn't care whether he has a false reputation or not.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Although Yuan Shu sent the seal of the Xuzhou governor, Wang Zheng has not yet considered whether to clear his name and go ashore immediately. At present, all the officials under him are still miscellaneous.
You were overjoyed, but Ni Heng remained calm and did not express joy. He reminded Wang Zhengdao: "My lord, once the cooperative is established, the amount of money used for civil affairs in various places will be huge. My lord said before that each city should keep 20% for itself."
, He really knows a little bit, and he is far-sighted and foresighted."
Oh, it’s rare, you’re flattering me too?
After taking a look at Mi Heng, Wang Zheng could see that this girl was in a good mood recently. He smiled and said: "Ignore the other cities for now, you can calculate how much goods are needed in Kaiyang City?"
Although Wen Chou was shot and killed, the negative impact has not subsided. Since that war, out-of-town merchants have disappeared. Yanzhou is at war in the west, Qingzhou in the north, and Donghai in the east. There is no thought of it. Now, if
It doesn't matter for three or two months. People always have some reserves at home, so they can barely use it and get by casually. As time goes by, once the people's own reserves are exhausted, the pressure on the government will be great.
"Other things are fine. Pengcheng and Langya both have salt and iron ore." Mi Heng thought for a moment and said, "If we talk about the shortage of land, it's probably cloth, medicinal materials, etc. In fact, it's ironware, and it also has long-term concerns."
"The iron produced in the smelting field is barely enough for military use. Now all the blacksmiths in each city have been recruited by the Lord to join the army. Heng has been traveling among the people in the past few days to observe the people's sentiments. In fact, there are many people in the outer city who are short of iron.
There are even tripods and iron cauldrons."
"Ironware and cloth are in short supply, so other things can be used to replace them. The only thing left is medicinal materials. People are getting sick, and it is almost to the point where there is no medical treatment or medicine available."
"I don't know if my lord has paid attention to it. Speaking of which, both the Taiping Tao and the Five Pecks of Rice Sect have grown in power in the past ten years or so. It is because of the lack of medical treatment among the people, let alone the lack of medicine. That is why all the people in the family, old and young, who are sick, seek Shintoism.
Fu Shui, this is also a last resort."
"The Han Dynasty is like this all over the world. Xuzhou has been fighting for many years, and it is even more serious!"
Wang Zheng knew that there was a shortage of doctors and medicines in the city. This situation occurred because of the lack of businessmen, and also because most of the doctors and medicines were conscripted into the army when the city was broken. But he did not expect that.
, the shortage has reached such an extent.
In fact, not only among the people, but after several battles, even in the army, there was not much medicine left.
If this continues, no matter how much experience I have, it will be useless to continue to show miracles.
The promotion of soldiers only improves their physical fitness and makes their vitality stronger to resist diseases and injuries. However, if there is no medicine or treatment, it will still be a chronic death.
Wang Zheng frowned. He had the Mi family's method, so he could bring back the medicine, but he must give priority to the army and not civilian use. So what should he do?
"Organize doctors and doctors, arrange heavenly auxiliary troops, and private troops to accompany them to collect more herbs. Let's rescue the emergency first." Wang Zheng thought for a while and said:
"Tomorrow, I will take the 500 Tianzhu battalion cavalry to Langya!"
In the final analysis, the solution to the shortage of materials lies in trade.
At this point, Wang Zheng can only seek help from the nobles at present. If he wants to cooperate with the nobles in Langya, he must first meet with the Wang family and the Yan family.
The Mi family is far away in the East China Sea, so Wang Zheng can give Mi Zhu and Mi Fang time to think about it.
The two families that were already under control had no room for change.