Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 196 Swallowing blood to form an alliance and brothers
Xu Shiji and others were very interested in Cheng Yaojin's township alliance.What they are interested in is not to suppress bandits and make meritorious service, but to protect themselves.They are all local tyrants, and they used to be famous families who served Wei and Shiqi, but after the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi, Wei inherited the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty. Naturally, these aristocratic families in the Kanto were suppressed.

If you are politically unhappy, you can only be a local tyrant in the countryside.

But nowadays it is not easy to be a local tyrant, not to mention that the imperial court and the local government send war donations and all kinds of miscellaneous expenses to these local tyrants at every turn.However, there are so many local thieves springing up like mushrooms after rain, which seriously threaten their foundation.

The government's exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are just pulling hair out.They have a lot of hair, and they won't go bald immediately if they are plucked.But thieves are different, thieves will not be polite to you, if you really let the thieves get their hands on it, it will be a tragedy of destroying the family.

Originally, the imperial court had military mansions stationed in various places. In the Sui Dynasty, there were more than 700 military mansions in the world, and there were guards and soldiers in the border areas.There are as many as 70 Weifu troops, which is extremely large.However, the main focus of the Weifu army is stationed in Guanzhong and the vicinity of the two capitals, and relatively few are stationed in other places.

Moreover, although there are military mansions in various places, the transfer of the military mansions is extremely troublesome, and the local government has no right to mobilize a single soldier.Even if you want to mobilize more than ten soldiers from the Guard Mansion, you must have a soldier talisman from the Ministry of War, and you must have a transfer order from the twelve guards. Without a soldier talisman to transfer more than ten soldiers, it is treason.

It is precisely because of these rules and regulations that unless there is an emergency such as rebellion in the local area, the general government soldiers will not take care of it at all.You said that there were some bandits and thieves, and you want to ask the government soldiers to wipe them out, just dreaming.

That's why there is a county soldier system, and each county has a county magistrate to command the county soldiers and township braves.However, the county soldiers are originally a group of militias, and they have no combat effectiveness at all.

In desperation, local tycoons such as Xu Shiji, in order to protect themselves, will manage the government and get themselves the title of Lieutenant of the Township Soldier or Captain of the County Soldier. Officials have no grades, they are just for the sake of being able to recruit village braves, organize the people, and protect the family and land.

You can't count on others, you can only count on yourself.

But the township group has been pulled up, and it is not easy to do. The law and order in various places is getting worse and worse, and there are more and more thieves, especially more and more thieves belong to the type of wandering. One vote here today, another vote tomorrow Fleeing to other places, Cheng Yaojin and his local township groups are somewhat helpless to deal with such bandits.

You can't go to other counties to suppress bandits.

Luo Cheng is also somewhat interested in this proposal. Although it is not possible for the time being to really unite to suppress bandits everywhere, at least it is okay to share information.

Establish an information sharing mechanism, share information about bandits on a regular basis, and if you encounter bandit news, pass it on in time, so that everyone will no longer be led by the nose by bandits, at least you can grasp a clear pulse.

After Luo Cheng said this, Cheng Yaojin immediately patted the table and said, "That's what I mean, it's Xiao Wu who said it thoroughly. He deserves to be the vanguard of suppressing bandits and thieves. In this respect, I am much better than old Cheng."

"If such an intelligence sharing mechanism is to be established, someone needs to be in charge of it. For example, each of us regularly transmits information to this leader, and then he is responsible for summarizing the information. It is best to screen and check, and then pass the information Summarize, copy into a book, and then distribute to each family." Luo Cheng continued.

Shan Xiongxin and others thought it was good.

"Brother Luo, you came up with the solution, so how about you take the lead in this matter? Don't bother the two masters. We report information every ten days. If there is an urgent bandit situation, we will report it at any time. You will be responsible for leading the summary. Then check and screen, and then distribute the information to us?" Shan Xiong said.

"If everyone trusts me so much, I am willing to be the person who leads the summary." Luo Cheng did not refuse, he realized that this is a good opportunity to strengthen the relationship with these heroes and enhance the friendship.

Of course, in the long run, if this alliance is really successful, it will also help him in the future.After all, history has already told him that the world will soon be in chaos. At that time, Henan Province will become the center of the rebellion. Countless bandits and bandits will rise up against the people. It will be difficult for him to protect himself alone.

"It will definitely cost money to do things. In this way, each of us will raise money. I am willing to pay a hundred guan first, and we will talk about it later if it is not enough." Xu Shiji said directly.

One hundred guan is nothing to these local tyrants. To show their sincerity, everyone expressed their willingness to pay the money.

Luo Cheng conveniently said, "Then I'll also contribute a hundred guan. This money will be regarded as our alliance's expenses, and it will be used for special purposes at that time, and a special account will be set up to ensure openness and transparency."

"Fifth brother, why are you saying that, brother, how can you not believe you?" Xu Shiji said.

"One yard is one yard, and the account still needs to be clear."

"From then on, Fifth Brother Luo will be the leader of the Township League for Suppressing Bandits and Punishing Thieves in our four counties." Shan Xiong said, "Come, have a drink."

Let's raise a glass together.

Luo Cheng suddenly said, "Everyone is forming an alliance today, why not just become brothers?"

"Okay!" Cheng Yaojin agreed, but the others did not object.

It's nothing to sworn brothers, since it's a good relationship, let's sworn brothers.

At the moment, everyone reports their age.

Among them, Zhai Rang was the oldest, Shan Xiongxin was next, then Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Huang Junhan, Xu Shiji, and Luo Cheng was the youngest.

"Fifth brother who has been calling for a long time, it turns out that you are younger than me. It's a big loss." Xu Shiji was born in the same year as Luo Cheng, both 16 years old and born in the 14th year of Kaihuang, but Xu Shiji was born in February, and Luo Cheng Luo Cheng was born in March.

Luo Cheng looks dark, and naturally looks older compared to the fair-faced son Xu Shiji, but in fact he is still a month younger.

Now that everyone has reported their ages, the ranking will naturally come out.

"Brother Zhai!"

"Brother Shan!"

"Brother Qin!"

"Brother Cheng!"

"Brother Huang!

"Brother Xu Sixth!"

After shouting for brother, everyone happily called Luo Cheng, "Luo Qidi!"

Qin Qiong asked someone to bring joss sticks.

Burn incense and paper.

Cut off the chicken's head and drink blood wine.

"The yellow sky is above, and the thick soil is below.

I, Zhai Rang (Shan Xiongxin, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Huang Junhan, Xu Shiji, Luo Cheng) are here to make an alliance and become brothers.I don't want to be born on the same day, I only want to die on the same day.Share good and bad, help each other in adversity. "

"If there is a difference, the gods will learn from each other!"

"Dry!"

A bowl of blood wine, seven people drink together.

Since then, they have become brothers, with all utter devotion, sharing misfortunes and blessings together!

"Hahaha!"

After drinking the wine, the mouth is still full of fishy smell, but there is a heroic feeling rising with the smell of wine.

Looking at these brothers, Luo Cheng felt a little giddy.

(End of this chapter)