Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 162
After solving the problem of internal strife, the most urgent problem facing Zhang Yichen, Du Ruhui, and Luo Cheng, the three leaders of Zhangqiu County, is actually the problem of public security.During this period of time, there have been blue-faced ghosts, Zhishilang's rebels, and cattle slaughter gangs, etc., all of which have been killing endlessly. The key lies in the fact that there is a hotbed of thieves' dens in Changbai Mountain.

In particular, Changbai Mountain is huge, spanning six counties in Qi County, so even if Zhangqiu County is good at catching thieves, bandits from other places will still come here, and even retreat to the mountains after finishing their crimes.

The most frightening thing was that they usually hid in the jurisdiction of several other counties in Changbai Mountain, but they fled to Zhangqiu County to commit crimes, and ran back after finishing their crimes.

In this way, Zhangqiu County can't even attack across the border, and it will still be very difficult to jointly handle the case.

Now Luo Cheng has proposed a new method, which is to move the county barracks from Zhangqiu County to Changbai Mountain, and guard the roads leading from the mountain to Zhangqiu City below the mountain.

The permanent soldiers stationed in the mountains not only want to suppress and deter bandits and prevent them from taking root and settling down again, but also prevent dens of thieves from scurrying over and passing by.

And Luo Cheng only needed the fields that the county town had left for his fugitives to serve as the county army.

"What do you think of Lieutenant Du?" Zhang Yichen didn't immediately agree, but asked Du Ruhui first.He didn't want Du Ruhui to feel that this matter was negotiated by them.

"It's absolutely possible, this is a very good way. The escapees in the mountains have been arrested, and there are some empty villages left there, and the land has become wasteland. Although it is registered in the county government account, no one will actually cultivate it. After a long time, the village becomes an abandoned village, and the fields also become deserted fields, which are more likely to attract refugees to flee there, and even become a den of thieves hiding bandits."

"If the county soldiers of Captain Luo are willing to station in the past, then the county should support it. I think not only those fields can be allotted to the county barracks as military camps, but even a batch of seeds, farm tools, and tillage can be specially allocated to the county. cattle, you can even pull some prisoners to help with farming.”

The soldiers in the county barracks serve in rotation. The people have to bring their own dry food to be on duty. If there is farmland, then at least the county barracks can be self-sufficient. The people on duty only need to cultivate and manage the farmland during their spare time. Then they don't need to bring their own food to be on duty, they can eat the food produced by the county barracks themselves.

Even if there is a surplus, it can be sold or stored for use as armaments.

Du Ruhui was very impressed with Luo Cheng's proposal.

"Captain Luo, I also have a suggestion. Before you cleaned the two rooms and three yamen, you used your township Tuanxiang Yong to help the third class of yamen servants. The management is strict and you have done a good job. The newly selected group of people in the yamen are indeed mixed. , It’s not as good as your countrymen before. Therefore, I think it’s better to use people from your county barracks to work part-time.”

Du Ruhui's consideration was also out of reality. The officer he had just been promoted had problems in just such a short time.And Luo Cheng and the others took over Sanya for a long time, and he checked the accounts himself, but there was no problem at all. This is the gap.

Besides, he had considered that there would be some other benefits if the county barracks were to serve as the third class of yamen servants.First of all, the county barracks are more disciplined, and their part-time arresters will not go around asking for them. Another thing is that the county barracks are on duty in rotation. If you have an errand and a stable income, then you can be an executive for a long time.

Such a fixed team of county soldiers and yamen servants will be of great help to Zhangqiu's law and order.

Another one, it also avoids the frequent recruitment of people to take turns to be on duty, which affects the lives of the people and farming.

It was something Luo Cheng did not expect to have the county barracks come back to work part-time as a servant in the third class.

It seems that Du Ruhui really has the idea of ​​reconciliation this time.

This is a good thing.

Everyone does not hide, and speaks for a common purpose.

"You can let the ten teams of the county barracks rotate the resident on duty, and 100 people stationed in the county will concurrently serve as errands for the third government, and then recruit 100 people from the township regiment to help." Luo Cheng gave a suggestion.

"I think it will work." Zhang Yichen didn't object.

Then Du Ruhui took the initiative to propose a new replacement of the assistant, history, team leader, and jailer of the second room and the third class of the yamen, "Please ask County Magistrate Zhang and Luo Duwei to recommend suitable candidates."

Luo Chengcheng was surprised by such great sincerity.

He thought about it, and refused to recommend candidates. After all, he had shown so much sincerity, and he couldn't go too far. If he assigned these subordinates to his own people, it would be too disrespectful to Du Ruhui, a county lieutenant.

"It's better to ask County Magistrate Zhang and County Captain Du to personally select and appoint them."

Zhang Yichen also said, "An unsuitable candidate can be replaced by Du Xianwei with a suitable one."

"Then I will mention a few candidates, and you can take a look together. I think Duan Yancheng can be the county secretary. This person is originally from Zouping, but he has settled in our county for many years and is a big family in the county. His elder brother works in Taiyuan County. He I also have quite a bit of reputation and ability.”

Du Ruhui proposed a candidate for the recorder.

The county recorder is an official position. It has no rank, but it is very important in the yamen. It is the first official under the county magistrate, county magistrate, master book, and county lieutenant.

In terms of duties, this is a position equivalent to the director of the county office, and the coordinating master bookkeeper has the responsibility of checking and checking.

Duan Yanshi is known to Luo Cheng. He is a big family in the county with thousands of acres of fertile land and a lot of money. However, last time this person tried to cheat Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng counterfeited him for a sum of money and grain.

But now that Du Ruhui proposed to use him as the recorder, Luo Cheng thought about it but agreed.

Being with Duan Yanshi is not a big grudge, since Du Ruhui recommended him, Luo Cheng has no reason to object directly, let's just wait and see.

Both agreed, so the candidate was considered over.

Du Ruhui also recommended candidates for judicial assistants, "I recommend Luo Cunxiao and Feng Yi as judicial assistants, and Wang Ziming and Liang Shuyan as Sihu assistants."

Originally, there were two rooms in the yamen, one room was a assistant and two historians, and the household house had an additional account history.

But now Du Ruhui suggested that each room should have one more assistant. He recommended two people each, both being Luo Cheng's brother, and one from a powerful local family.

For example, this Feng Yi is a rich and powerful family in Gaoshan Township, Zhangqiu County, and at the same time the captain of the township regiment in Gaoshan Township. .

Since Luo Cunxiao was recommended as judicial assistant, Luo Cheng naturally had no reason to object to him recommending Feng Yitong as judicial assistant, so he agreed, and Zhang Yichen also agreed.

Sihuzuo's situation is similar. Liang Shuyan is a Lizheng in Xishan Township, and he is also a wealthy local family. He had studied in the Imperial College before, but was dismissed because he made some mistakes.

"I support Du Xianwei's candidate."

Luo Cheng still voted in favor, and next came several candidates for Shi and Ling. It's all over.

At the banquet, the three reorganized the county government team.

Recorder Duan Yanshi, Judiciary Zuo Luo Cunxiao, Feng Yi, Sihu Zuo Ziming, Liang Shuyan.

Zhou Dewei, the leader of the soap class, Luo Siye, the leader of the fast class, and Zhao Gui, the leader of the strong class.

"Come on, let's have a drink together!"

The atmosphere was very harmonious, and Du Ruhui was also very happy, with a ruddy complexion, he stood up and shouted while holding his wine glass.

"Drink together!"

Luo Cheng also smiled and got up to toast, thinking that the trip tonight was not in vain, and the trip was worthwhile.

(End of this chapter)