Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 320: Zhengzhi means dividing the cake! What I cut off is yours. You can't rob me if you don't want me.

After the ceremony, the aspect that everyone paid the most attention to was the establishment of officialdom.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is concurrently served by the former Propaganda Director Jia Xiaozhen.

The Minister of Army is concurrently served by Lin Huaisheng, the commander-in-chief of the 1st Army Corps.

Both of them are agents!

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Each county and city has established a patrol police branch, which is responsible for opening and inspecting city gates, as well as public security, patrols, and arrests within the city.

The patrol branch is under the control of the patrol chief, and its funds and salaries are provided by the local government.

The placement of the Commissioner of Patrol under the Secretary of State for War came as a surprise to many.

The director is served by his adopted son Li Dahu.

From now on, everything from personnel recruitment to training to assignment to various legions will be completed independently by the Training Administration, and each legion will no longer have any involvement.

The first is blockage, and the mine organizes armed patrols on its own.

"In heavy industry and mining, it is impossible to avoid death, but those who can avoid death should try to die as little as possible. After all, they are human lives."

The prisoners of the Green Camp in the Jiangxi battlefield gave him half.

In Wu State, there is currently a large amount of infrastructure construction projects.

In winter, wear a black satin cloak with bright red lining.

The second is sparseness. The miners are well treated and have three normal meals. They are not very good at causing trouble. At most, they only fight with weapons.

Zhao Erhu serves as the director of the Training Agency under the Minister of War.

A system has been formed in which the village protection team and the village office restrict each other and each work on its own track.

During the slack period, we organize training for no less than 20 young people in the village. They promise to serve as part-time soldiers and do not need to go out to fight in the town. They only maintain the tranquility of the village when thieves are rampant.

The emergence of the Training Agency means the formalization of the recruit training process.

His biggest task is to increase coal production, double, double and then double.

The military position remains unchanged, and the salary is doubled. From now on, you will truly be a solid officer and a smooth soldier!
Zhao Erhu went from being a miner in the Changxing Coal Mine to becoming the director of the Training Department today. It is beyond the expectation of many people. From then on, he owned one-third of his own land in Wu Guochaotang.

Black riding boots, black breeches, black copper button top, white shirt. A cowhide belt with a copper buckle is tied around the waist, and a short sword is hung. When patrolling, he carries a cavalry-type flintlock musket on his shoulder.

Patrol officers are recruited through open recruitment and are required to be locals. Urban residents don’t want it, bachelors don’t want it, outsiders don’t want it, people who do business don’t want it, people who study don’t want it, and those who have been government servants don’t want it. They are all composed of simple farmers aged 20 to 25, strong, honest and tall.

In summer, he wears an oil-paper raincoat and a hat that has been brushed with tung oil and has excellent leak-proof performance.

Major projects such as paving cement roads, building docks, building barracks, and building warehouses. Small projects such as factories, official residences of dignitaries, city wall repairs, canals and dams.

It is easier to cultivate a blank slate without the messy dregs of the past.

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The disabled military officers on the battlefield also have a new place to go - the Training Department.

The uniforms designed by Li Yu himself were produced by a cotton spinning factory in Songjiang Prefecture.

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He resigned from the post of deputy commander-in-chief of the 3rd Army, and transferred dozens of grassroots officers and musketeers from other provinces with relatively good military discipline from the 3rd Army to serve as directors of various county branches.

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But prisoners are powder keg, prone to trouble. The way to ease their emotions is to tell them that they will regain their freedom in two years at most and work as a construction worker for the King of Wu, with 2 taels of silver per month, including food and accommodation.

The village office of the village is responsible for supervising the training and signing the witness.

The important ministers of Wu State who had a little sense of smell understood the profound meaning. The civil servants were particularly supportive of this and praised His Majesty for his wisdom. Of course, it would be extremely wise to hand over the training department to civilian officials.

Another point is to prevent riots in mining areas.

In this way, the second-line police force in urban and rural areas has basically taken shape, and can be fully integrated in three to five months.

The Training Department has set up a recruit training camp near the Ma'anshan Open-pit Iron Mine and the Tongling Coal Mine. The purpose is self-evident.

Zhao Erhu's former good eldest brother, Wang Liu, unexpectedly ended up on the bench and took the position of coal director. People are put to their best use, and the professionalism is very relevant.

The mine selects one percent of the advanced coal diggers every month and releases them early to work for the Architectural Department and the Transportation Department.

His original position as captain of the militia ended in name only with the substantial revision of the militia system. The original militias were either merged into field corps or decommissioned and merged into other departments.

New defense regulations for rural areas:
One to two people from each village's prominent family went to Dongshan Island for half a month of closed training and then returned to serve as the captain of the village's village protection team. He also fired two or three matchlocks and dozens of spears.

Li Yu’s advice,
Presumably Wang Liu will try his best to do it, because he has a bit of compassion in his heart.

What a patrol officer wants is a simple character.

Young adults train four and a half days a month, and each person can receive a training subsidy of 4 points, which is specially allocated.

The remaining miners are recruited and need to be paid.

The profound meaning is self-evident.

Most prefectures and counties have abolished corvee labor and made the amount of grain requisition precise and concrete. This has been widely supported by the people. The people's mentality is stable and there are few internal risks.

Anyway,

Li Yu's purpose is to fully absorb the surplus young and strong labor force, so that they have something to do and receive wages.

Du Ren took the lead, and the Labor Department even published standard employment contracts, which were divided into temporary employment contracts, long-term employment contracts, and skilled worker employment contracts.

建议工价分别是50文每日、1两5（轻劳力）2两（重劳力）每月、5两每月起步上不封顶。

The businessmen shouted that the wages were too high, and at the same time they were also very surprised by His Majesty.

In his previous life, Your Majesty was probably a businessman!
The rules are too detailed and too worrying. It goes against the traditional concept that kings stay away from money.

However, the market has indeed become prosperous to the naked eye, and consumption power has increased visibly to the naked eye.

When people make money, they have to spend it.

The pork must be cut by 1 jin, the cotton must be pulled by 3 feet, and the tavern must be visited once or twice.

The Finance and Taxation Department founded by Queen Hu Ling'er has been working hard to expand the tax base and expanded the coverage of commercial tax many times. Business in various industries is booming, and business taxes can be paid easily.

The consequences of not submitting or missing payment are serious!
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At Li Yu's request

The Chen family from Chaoshan elected a young son, Chen Zhuangjie, as director of the Metallurgical Department.

The grandson of the old Zhang family, Zhang Chengye, a young man whose age is a mystery, serves as the director of the Military Industry Administration.

The Suzhou Kuai family elected a young but skilled disciple, Kuai Bo, as director of the Shipbuilding Department.

These three departments are highly professional.

Therefore, Li Yu did not intend to interfere, but let these families enclose their territory for themselves. Tell the old guys to give the young nephews a chance, and approve all the lists they sign up for.

From the director to the main internal backbone, 6% of them all have the same surname.

On the surface, Li Yu only cares about production and quality, and can delegate everything else!

However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has developed spies in these three departments and is able to do a lot of important things.

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Queen Hu Linger is in charge of the Finance and Taxation Department, and Concubine Yang is in charge of the Ministry of Interior.

Speaking of which, this is definitely the harem intervening in politics.

With the gradual formalization of Wu State, Li Yu also began to think about stripping them from power, but he needed a suitable opportunity.

Another point is, after the spin-off, who will these two important departments be handed over?

It needs to be someone who is capable enough and very trustworthy! Both conditions are required, so I can’t choose a candidate at the moment.

Li Yu could only keep silent and slowly look around.

The Fan family has performed well recently and has been a solid team player, so he reciprocated the favor and handed over the Agriculture Department to a descendant of the Fan family.

Zhengzhi means sharing the cake!

Li Yu was the only one holding a knife. From time to time he would cut off a piece of the cream cake in the middle of the table, big or small, and push it to the younger brothers sitting in a circle.

What I cut off is yours. You can't rob it if you don't want it.

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Zhengzhi is also a compromise!
Compared with ordinary people, there is a clear distinction between love and hate, right and wrong. The love and hate of emperors are vague and they are judged by the situation. You can sit and drink with your enemies, you can show off your knives with your former best friends, you can turn your back on your promises.

In the feudal world, there was no unyielding hero or noble gentleman as the winner in the political duel.

The stage belongs only to gangsters.

The hero will only be attacked from both sides, and then fall to the ground, enjoying death and tragedy, as well as the posthumous tribute from the gangster.

The crowned gangster may not be unheroic, but he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

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In short, the current internal situation in Wu State is generally stable.

Li Yu firmly controls the army and the core system. The business class is completely committed and the people are satisfied and supportive.

Only the gentry subgroup was dissatisfied. But the situation was so pressing that they didn't even dare to obey. Either pay all taxes honestly, or start putting down your dignity and try to invest in industry and commerce.

In short, they will maintain this "minimum cooperation" attitude until there is no further imbalance in Wu Qing's power balance.

At least Wu Jun didn't break down their doors or ransack their homes.

Everyone's bottom line is clearly drawn and in tacit agreement.

It was not that Li Yu had never thought about using force to eliminate them, but weighing the pros and cons, the cons outweighed the pros.

If we leave them alone, the gentry in the world will not have the determination to fight to the death.

Get rid of them, and the gentry will turn to the Qing court with all their heart and fight to the death.

The destructive power of this group of people is considerable.

They may not be able to accomplish anything, but they can definitely do something bad.

If you read Confucian books thoroughly, you will understand many secrets of the logic of social operation. Once any unscrupulous means are used, Wu Guoguo will have a headache.

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When the Qing government entered the country, it did not kill this class blindly. But to win over, divide, and massacre.

Aixinjueluo Shi always held the red cap in one hand and the steel knife in the other.

Their red tops are very rich in gold and power.

Zhu Guozhi, killing the Jiangnan scholars in the Weeping Temple was like chopping melons and vegetables. In essence, the gentry class who surrendered to the Qing court massacred another group of their own people who had no vision.

It worked great and loyalty skyrocketed.

Therefore, killing is also an art.

Before traveling through time, Li Yu was quite puzzled:
Where did the Boarskin family, who was born into the fishing and hunting tribe, learn such a set of peak power techniques of feudal rule? Is it due to subtle influences? Or a traitor professor? Or is it natural ability? Or are they all related?
In his heart, he was looking forward to making old Qianlong angry to death.

In that case, if Yongyan, an honest boy, succeeds to the throne, he can do whatever he wants. The Qing court can be transformed into the Song court, and Yongyan can be transformed into Shi Jingtang!
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This first month is very busy.

Taking advantage of the low morale of the Qing army in the south and retreating on defense, it was a good opportunity for the Wu army to attack the city and seize territory.

The 4th Army Corps stationed in Jiujiang gradually encroached on the surrounding areas and successively captured Ruichang County, De'an County, and Wuning County without any difficulty.

The 2nd Corps went south from Raozhou Prefecture and captured Yugan County, Wannian County, and Anren County. It also defeated the Southern Jiangxi General Ma Zhongyi and the Mongolian Eight Banners coalition forces at the foot of Dongxiang County in Fuzhou.

Ma Zhongyi's face was stained with blood, and he and Chahar's general manager Zhe Yong led the remaining soldiers to avoid Dongxiang County and fled in embarrassment.

I ran hundreds of miles in one breath before I dared to take a break.

Neither of them laughs at the other, they are like brothers.

Ma Zhongyi handed Zhe Yong a piece of cake, and Zhe Yong silently handed him a bottle of wine.

"Lao Ma, have firearms developed to this extent?"

"I didn't know that everyone in the Military Academy should die."

"What does it have to do with them?"

"The fucking fire sticks they were handed out were all fire sticks. You saw it just now. They can't hit far and they can't hit accurately. If you get close, it's still burning your eyebrows. Shouldn't they die?"

Zhe Yong looked at the bulky shotgun held by the model guard and sighed seriously:

"Not as good as our bows and arrows."

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Ma Zhongyi took a swig of wine and whispered:
"Let's sign the discount together."

"Row."

Ma Zhongyi is a descendant of an aristocratic family, and his writing is good and eloquent.

First, sincerely apologize and never shirk the blame. Later, the criticism was that the weapons were poorly equipped and the firearms were inferior to those of humans. It was necessary to have advanced firearms, preferably Western firearms.

The two people jointly signed it to increase credibility.

Men's friendship is generally easy to form after sharing hardships. This is the opposite of women!

After a while, the two of them became like brothers.

Zhe Yong felt close to Ma Zhongyi, a Han army bannerman who knew how to raise horses and was quite rough in behavior. But the most difficult thing facing them is:

How to defend Fuzhou Mansion?
The capital city of Fuzhou is surrounded by water on both sides, and the Fu River and its tributaries form a natural barrier.

It was originally a great benefit to the defenders, but the problem now is that Wu Jun's powerful navy has taken control of Poyang Lake.

"General Manager Zheyong, the Wu army infantry only needs to mobilize a few gunboats to slowly bombard Fuzhou City."

"Then~ give up?"

"The imperial court has strict laws and regulations. If we abandon the capital, we will only be afraid of our heads~"

Ma Zhongyi looked at thousands of busy civilians reinforcing the city walls and digging deep trenches. Lost in thought for a while.

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The city walls of Dongxiang County were covered in black smoke, which looked particularly desolate under the setting sun.

An officer drew his sword and brushed it. The flag of the Qing army fell down from the city and was replaced by the flag of the 2nd Army.

Miao Youlin put down his telescope and was in a good mood:

"Let's go to the city together."

The magistrate of Dongxiang County originally wanted to commit suicide by hanging from a beam, but it backfired as he hit the rope incorrectly. He fell down and was captured by a group of Wu troops who happened to rush into the county government office. He was rewarded with 1 taels of silver.

The official hat is gone, and the corners of his eyes are black and blue.

As soon as they met, they cursed:
"You treasonous traitor, now that the Holy Emperor is on the throne, the world is at peace. If you don't live a peaceful life, why are you rebelling?"

Miao Youlin laughed loudly:
"Because I want to be a high official."

The county magistrate felt aggrieved and cursed:

"Thief, kill me quickly! I will be an official of the Qing Dynasty in life, and I will be the ghost of the Qing Dynasty in death."

Miao Youlin had already stepped out of the house with one foot.

After being scolded like this, he shrank back, turned around and stared at the civil servant with his head held high:

"I have never cared about perfecting people in my life. I let the wind go, and the magistrate of Dongxiang abandoned the secret and turned to the bright side. After cooperating with our army to open the city gate, he fought hard and was defeated by the Qing army, and he was martyred by the Wu Kingdom."

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The originally calm magistrate of Dongxiang suddenly lost his composure and cursed wildly:

"Thief, how can you destroy someone's reputation out of thin air?"

"How can you call it nothing? The beautiful lady crying over there is your family member?"

"It's the magistrate's concubine." The surrendered subordinate immediately jumped out to identify her.

"You, go and pick one." Miao Youlin pointed to the nearest light cavalry, "This is a reward. You cavalry assisted the 2nd Army in going south and protected the grain road!"

This lucky man was Wu Laoer from Pengze County who was pushed forward by fate and joined the light cavalry corps from a heavy baggage soldier.

At this moment, he was rubbing his hands excitedly, looking left and right, wondering which one to choose? This was a matter of happiness, so he couldn't be careless.

The one on the left is very white, and the one on the right is very young. Which one is more likely to conceive a son?
This question is too difficult~
Miao Youlin squatted down, as if possessed by a devil:
"County Master, do you think I've ruined your reputation out of thin air now?"

Dongxiang Magistrate’s psychological defense completely collapsed and he lay on the ground wailing:
"Marshal, please don't destroy my reputation. I am willing to give up important information in exchange for an innocent death!"

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(End of this chapter)