I want to be emperor

Chapter 148 Guo Quanshu Who Has No Way Out

To some extent, the establishment of the Rural Protection Army actually started during the Funiu Mountain period.

At that time, Luo Zhixue had already set up organizations in each township and village, and directly penetrated the ruling tentacles of the Township Protection Army into each village.

And after the township protection army went south to Liqingdian, it was before the Zhaozhuang campaign was launched.

There are already a dozen or so townships in the Rural Protection Army system, and its control area is more than one county in terms of geographical area, and the permanent population in the area has nearly [-] households.

After the Zhaozhuang Campaign was launched, in just over ten days, the area under the control of the Township Protection Army swelled up like a balloon with a series of military victories.

As a result, in order to effectively rule the rapidly expanding control area, the establishment of county-level institutions has become inevitable.

If it wasn't for the lack of full control over the Nanyang Basin, Luo Zhixue would have set up a government agency in one go.

Anyway, there is Nanyang Mansion and Xiangyang Mansion, isn't it!
It's just that the Township Protection Army has not even fully controlled Nanyang Prefecture, and Xiangyang Prefecture has only controlled two counties, and it is too early to establish a government-level organization.

And this series of measures to establish counties, towns, and villages is undoubtedly a formal system.

And this is also the biggest difference between the rural protection army and other rebels.

Don't look at Gao Yingxiang and the others making such a big fuss, claiming to be kings and hegemony one by one, and the titles of various kings are deducted randomly without money, but in fact they don't even have a territory, and they haven't set up governing institutions at all levels.

This is the difference between a thief and a bandit.

No matter how the thief plays, it will be rootless duckweed, and it will be over sooner or later.

As long as the bandits own the territory and control the place, if they are lucky and strong enough, and if they grow step by step, they will change from bandits to separatist forces in minutes, and then to rule the world.

The two are simply incomparable.

Luo Zhixue is very clear about this point, and Guo Quanshu is equally clear about it.

According to Luo Zhixue's instructions, when Guo Quanshu formulated the above-mentioned various institutional plans, he was full of apprehension and uneasiness.

He knew very well that once the Township Protection Army openly raised the banners of the county government offices, the Ming Dynasty would definitely fight against the Township Protection Army.

It is even possible for the Ming court to throw Gao Yingxiang and the others aside first, and directly mobilize the army to encircle and suppress the rural protection army.

Because Gao Yingxiang and the others will destroy the place if they are exhausted, and they will just run around with officers and soldiers.

As for the Township Protection Army, they went directly to grab the Zhu Ming Dynasty's world.

The big bosses and officials of the Zhu Ming Dynasty and even Chongzhen can only bear it to hell.

To put it bluntly, Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng are still able to accept Zhao'an, but their rural protection army probably has no chance of receiving Zhao'an...

As miserable as it could be!

What's even more tragic is that once the Township Protection Army is finished, Guo Quanshu, the head of the Civil Affairs Department, will most likely be put on the guillotine.

Even being beheaded is good, but maybe he will be executed by Ling Chi, quartered by five horses or something.

In the past few days, Guo Quanshu couldn't help lamenting when he thought of his tragic death in the future.

So what if he just lamented, Guo Quanshu had no way out.

It is estimated that at this time, his name Guo Quanshu, along with Luo Zhixue's name, will be known by the surrounding Ming court officials one after another. In the future, it is impossible to say that his name Guo Quanshu will be included in the memorial read by Chongzhen...

Since there was no way out, Guo Quanshu could only grit his teeth and continue to follow Luo Zhixue. He didn't dare to hope that the Township Protection Army would finally win the world.

Then it can last for a year is a year...

Luo Zhixue naturally didn't know Guo Quanshu's thoughts. He flipped through the establishment plan written by Guo Quanshu. While reading, he also pointed out what he thought was problematic, so that Guo Quanshu could revise it later.

After a long time, Luo Zhixue finally closed the plan and said, "It's almost there. Although there are still some details that are not perfect, it can still be used. After you fix these problems later, you can implement it according to the plan!"

"The establishment of a yamen will inevitably require more officials. Generally, they will be selected from the existing officials. Secondly, we must increase our efforts to continue recruiting. If some demoted officials and officials are suitable, they can also be appointed after assessment."

"In short, establish the county yamen as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to collect taxes if it takes too long!"

Guo Quanshu said: "Don't worry, General, tax stations and tax bureaus in various places are our priority targets, and we will definitely not delay the tax work."

After hearing this, Luo Zhixue nodded slightly: "That's good. Taxation work is the lifeline of my rural protection army, so I can't take it too seriously."

Guo Quanshu said: "This subordinate understands."

Guo Quanshu is naturally very clear that the establishment of administrative agencies in various places must be based on taxation work.

Because to a certain extent, the establishment of other levels of yamen is to collect taxes better and then use them to support the army.

Before the township protection army established the township yamen, there were grain collection stations first. When the township yamen were subsequently established, they were all set up around the grain collection stations.

Tax collection is the biggest goal of many internal affairs officials of the Rural Protection Army. As for other issues such as public security and people's livelihood, they are all for better tax collection.

If you can collect taxes without doing these things, and collect more, the Township Protection Army must be too lazy to engage in these messy administrative agencies...

Collect taxes and fight wars!
This is what the current system of the Rural Protection Army is doing. Regardless of the fact that there are so many institutions, and even though the things the Rural Protection Army does are messy, in the final analysis it can all be summed up in these two points.

After Luo Zhixue put down the plan, he took a sip of tea and continued, "Since the county government office is expected to be established, the mansion will soon be established, and the institutions of the General's Mansion need to be improved, and the names of various places have to be changed. Once it is changed, it will not be the same as the name of the local mansion."

"Every place under the General's Mansion is renamed as each department, the director is renamed as the minister, and the departments under the department are renamed as the divisions, and the divisions are divided into divisions, departments, and offices."

After hearing this, Guo Quanshu thought to himself: Yes, the director of the official affairs department has directly become the head of the official affairs department, which is directly equivalent to the minister of the official department...

In this way, the name of the pseudo-official minister was completely on his own head, and no matter how hard he struggled in the future, he might not be able to take it off.

And Luo Zhixue didn't stop, just listen to him continue: "The Ministry of Rites and Education will be established to be in charge of education, imperial examinations, etiquette and other matters, and the selection of officials will be removed from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then the Ministry of Rites and Education will hold a training class for official documents." , Many of our officials are still not well-educated, and there are a lot of typos in official documents.”

Guo Quanshu said: "The subordinates will make arrangements now."

Luo Zhixue said: "Okay, let's come here first today, and you will hand over the documents after sorting them out later."

After Guo Quanshu left, Luo Zhixue was still not idle, and called Song Qizhong from the intelligence department again.

Song Qizhong's new appointment as chief of the intelligence department was an important position, so Luo Zhixue naturally wanted to talk to him in person, listen to his views on military intelligence affairs, and also put forward some requirements for Song Qizhong.

He asked Song Qizhong to quickly dispatch personnel to infiltrate the surrounding areas, such as Ruzhou and Luoyang in the north; Runing in the east; Yunyang in the west, Chengtian, Hanyang, Wuchang, and Jingzhou in the south.

It is not only necessary to collect military information such as local geography, city defense, troop deployment, and leading generals, but also try to win over local people as much as possible. Provide convenience.

Wouldn't it be great if the army killed a certain city and dozens or even hundreds of our own people appeared in the city to create chaos, and some intelligence personnel assassinated the local leading generals and captured the city gate to welcome the army into the city? !
At the same time, he also asked Song Qizhong to try to assassinate Lu Xiangsheng of Yunyang!

Lu Xiangsheng is not an easy person. If possible, Luo Zhixue would rather assassinate him directly than lead the army to fight Lu Xiangsheng to the death!

It's just that Song Qizhong also euphemistically expressed that Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of a region and the commander of an army. This kind of person is always surrounded by tens of hundreds of personal guards.

It is extremely difficult to assassinate this person!
Luo Zhixue also knew that it would be difficult to kill the governor of a place, and the guards of such high-level officials would be very strong.

Just look at Luo Zhixue and you will know it. Luo Zhixue usually moves with the army, even when inspecting in Xiangyang City, he always brings hundreds of soldiers with him, and never acts alone.

Now I’m staying at the Grand General’s Mansion, which was renamed the Prince Xiang’s Mansion. There’s an entire military barracks stationed in the Grand General’s Mansion and the requisitioned residences around it. There are more than 1000 people...

Ordinary people couldn't even approach Luo Zhixue within hundreds of meters, let alone assassinate him.

Lu Xiangsheng's security might be worse, not as perverted as Luo Zhixue's security, but it shouldn't be too bad, and it would definitely be difficult to assassinate him.

But, no matter how difficult it is, you have to give it a try. What if you get lucky with shit?

Wouldn't that be a big profit? If Lu Xiangsheng can be killed, then there will be no second general who can fight in the huge Yunyang governor area and Huguang governor area. It would be of great benefit to counterattack, or even go south to the Jianghan Plain.

Song Qizhong also knew this, and the reason why he expressed the difficulty was just to inoculate Luo Zhixue first, so that Song Qizhong would not be blamed for the failure of the operation.

After meeting Song Qizhong, Luo Zhixue did not meet other military and political officials, but chose to meet some grassroots officers and soldiers who had made contributions in the previous series of battles, and personally gave these people promotions and rewards.

After finishing these things, it was almost evening, and Luo Zhixue was able to take a break for a while.

But on the second day, Luo Zhixue continued to be busy.

Early in the morning, he went to inspect the soldiers of the [-]st Infantry Brigade stationed in Xiangyang City, and also inspected the [-]th Mixed Brigade that was still in the process of reorganization and training.

Luo Zhixue's inspection was different from those officials these days, sitting in a sedan chair and riding a horse to take a look from a distance. Luo Zhixue went to the barracks in person, walked up to the soldiers to ask about their health, patted the soldier on the shoulder, and then talked to the soldiers. The corporal shook hands.

At the same time, with a smile on his face, he said a few homely words to the soldiers, asked about the food, the clothes, the number of people in the family, and the life.

And there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier under Dang Ting's command who said that his hometown was in Tang County, which was still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty for the time being. He was conscripted by the government to garrison Nanyang City last year, and was finally captured in the Battle of Zhaozhuang, and he was immediately insured. The army is a soldier.

He also said that when he left home last year, there were still six people in the family, and when none of them had enough to eat, Luo Zhixue put on a serious expression, raised his head and said to the crowd: "This is why we have to raise troops, why are we fighting with you?" Officers and soldiers go to war not only to feed ourselves, but also to feed our entire family, and to feed everyone in the world!"

"If we don't overthrow this decadent Zhu Ming dynasty, and don't bring down those corrupt officials who eat the flesh and blood of the people in the world, our common people will never have enough to eat!"

Then he lowered his head and said to the seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier: "Don't worry, we will fight to Tang County in a short time, save your family and the people of Tang County!"

(End of this chapter)