Liangshan Park. Qinbei Pavilion
"The new recruits are well trained and look good!"
Sun Lei looked at the 10,000 new soldiers in front of him with a smile. These were all newly recruited, and with the concerted efforts of everyone, they had soldiers in just one month.
"It's all thanks to all the brothers and veterans!"
Li Zhu said with a smile. Only then did he realize how powerful the leaders and veterans of Liangshan were. These people trained new recruits with ease.
"Ha ha!"
Sun Lei laughed. The veterans were trained by Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen, so naturally they would not be bad. Now all we need to do is to copy the painful experiences of the new recruits to these new recruits.
After three months of recruit training, the soldiers will begin training according to their individual abilities until they are divided into battalions.
"Brother, there is new news!"
Zhu Fu came over holding a notice.
"what news?"
Sun Lei looked at Zhu Fu.
"Brother, there is news in Yuncheng. A new county magistrate has arrived, named Zhang Shuye. This guy is not simple. He issued many decrees as soon as he arrived, which is obviously aimed at us."
Zhu Fu handed the notice to Sun Lei.
"Zhang Shuye!"
Sun Lei squinted at the notice and handed it to Xiao Jiasui and others. He began to think about it. This person sounded familiar, and there seemed to be such a person.
"Brother, this person is a general. In his early years, he served as the official of Lanzhou and joined the army under the influence of his father. He led people to defeat the Qiang people in the northwest, and set out to establish Xi'an Prefecture to guard the main roads and cut off the Qiang infestation."
"Later he was transferred to many places. His writing skills were excellent and he was praised by the emperor many times. He was promoted to Shaoyin of Kaifeng Prefecture. He was later awarded a Jinshi status and was promoted to Yousi Yuanwailang. He also served as an envoy to the Liao Kingdom."
"A few years ago, he was angered because of his younger brother's impeachment of Cai Jing, and was demoted to Xi'an Caochang Supervisor. In the past two years, it is said that he contributed many articles to the emperor, and was recalled to the capital as secretary and junior supervisor, and later promoted to Zhongshushe People, giving things."
Wen Huanzhang had some knowledge of the officials in the imperial court in Tokyo, and Zhang Shuye was quite talented and had a deep memory.
"Zhongshu Sheren, to Shizhong? Now he is transferred to Yuncheng County Magistrate. It seems that he offended someone in the court and was demoted again."
Xiao Jiasui said, now the imperial court is dark, promotion and demotion are child's play, Zhang Shuye, who is a middle-aged scholar, has to be the magistrate of a large state like Sijing.
"Whether he is demoted or not, his newly issued decree is extremely targeted!"
Li Zhu looked at the decrees on the notice. Each one was aimed at summoning people from Liangshan. The rent of cultivated land in Liangshan was low, and Zhang Shuye also lowered the rent of land in Yuncheng. Liangshan Bo collected protection fees to protect the safety of the people, and Zhang Shuye directly wanted to be fair. Law enforcement, clarifying the standard punishment, fighting crime, and returning the blue sky to Yuncheng; Liang Shanbo fought against the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the Xicheng Institute, and Zhang Shuye also said that there is no Xicheng Institute in Yuncheng...
"This is not against me, this is against me!"
Sun Lei said with a smile, Zhang Shuye was already on edge.
"Brother, let's think of a way. As soon as this notice came out, there were a lot fewer people coming to vote! Or let's make some more conditions."
Zhu Fu said, "At this time, people around were rushing to come to Liangshan, but today suddenly there were not many, and only civilians with nothing were still coming."
"If it's less, it's less. We want to expand, but we have to do it step by step, right? Too many people coming in all at once is not a good thing. Changing orders overnight will also have a huge impact on credibility."
Sun Lei shook his head indifferently and said, credibility is far more attractive than profit. The reason why Zhang Shuye can stabilize people's hearts is because in the eyes of ordinary people, the government is more trustworthy than thieves. The reputation of the government has not been completely destroyed.
"My brother is right. Blind expansion will cause internal instability. No matter how many people there are, it will be nothing more than a mess of sand. There is no need to force those who don't want to come."
Xu Guanzhong said approvingly.
Wen Huanzhang and Li Zhu also nodded slightly. Since ancient times, rebels have mostly been reckless and impulsive. They instantly built up a shocking momentum, but were destroyed in just an instant. The reason was that the rapid expansion led to a sharp increase in internal instability. The descent becomes fragile.
"But this uncle Ye is quite talented!"
Sun Lei looked at the notice with a smile and said, being able to come up with so many countermeasures in an instant, coupled with Wen Huanzhang's introduction, Sun Lei felt that Zhang Shuye was definitely a rare talent.
"Brother wants to take this person in, but I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!"
Li Zhu looked at Sun Lei and said that from Wen Huanzhang's introduction, he could deduce that Zhang Shuye was a man of great strategy, who had been in official circles for many years, was well versed in the ways of being an official, and was extremely loyal to the court.
"It's difficult to find a way. Now we have too many people in Liangshan. Pei Xuan can't take care of it by himself. Several military advisors are busy with their affairs and can't take care of those trivial things. This uncle Ye looks good to me. As an official Over the years, I have been an official from the border to Tokyo, and have been demoted to the outside for many times, so I have rich experience."
Sun Lei said with a smile that after a round of expansion, Liangshanbo now has a population of nearly 150,000, which is equivalent to the population of a large county.
For a bandit village, this is an extremely terrifying number. If there are too many people, it will be troublesome to manage. Pei Xuan is already a little overwhelmed, and Sun Lei can't count on a group of heroic brothers. In Sun Lei's view, Lu Zhishen's jurisdiction None of them are qualified.
"Brother said so, Zhang Shuye is a good candidate. He has served as county magistrate and magistrate in seven or eight cities, and he is quite famous in the local area."
Wen Huanzhang said.
"Send someone to Yuncheng to see what's going on, and ask about Zhang Shuye by the way."
Sun Lei looked at Zhu Fu and ordered.
"Brother, the naval army is about to set off. It may be a bit risky to attack Yuncheng at this time."
Zhu Wu spoke hesitantly. He was worried that a conflict with the official uniforms at this time would attract the officers and soldiers and affect the navy's schedule.
"Who said I was going to attack Yuncheng? I had already taken this small city. Uncle Zhang cannot be kept by force at night. This kind of person would rather die than give in."
Sun Lei had already thought of Zhang Shuye at this time. He was not familiar with the previous ones. He only remembered that Zhang Shuye was captured after the Jingkang Incident and hanged himself on the way to the north. He was considered a hero.
"Is my brother trying to force a rebellion?"
Xiao Jiasui looked at Sun Lei and asked, wanting to hear what Sun Lei had planned.
"Haha, how many of the decrees above do you think can be implemented?"
Sun Lei smiled and pointed at Zhang Shuye's notice.
"The imperial court has already set a tax quota, and only the emperor can order reductions and exemptions; Xicheng is a means for Yang Jian and others to make money. This represents the interests of a large group of people, and Zhang Shuye is afraid that it will be difficult to stop it; as for land rent, the government's land has long been It has been sold privately, and the land belonging to the gentry and local tyrants cannot be touched by a newly arrived county magistrate...I am afraid that only by enforcing the law impartially, punishing people clearly, and cracking down on crime can it be done, but it can only catch some gross people in the city. A thief becomes a model.”
Wen Huanzhang analyzed that Zhang Shuye seemed to have made many promises, but he could only manage to fulfill one of them.
"It's full of empty words but it can stabilize people's hearts. This is a great trick!"
Sun Lei nodded and said, Zhang Shuye used a piece of paper to calm the restless hearts of the people around him. Sun Lei admired this move. Later, when he found that the civilians could not fulfill their promises, they could only swallow their anger.
"Actually, if Uncle Zhang is willing to join in the corruption with those corrupt officials, I can't help him, but he wants to be the clear stream. All we have to do is watch from the sidelines, and those corrupt officials and thieves in the court will take action on their own. Zhang Shuye, send this person to us."
Sun Lei laughed. He couldn't blame himself for this, but he could only tolerate the clean in this dirty officialdom.
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