After confirming the identity of the monarch and his ministers and laying the foundation for the future founding of the country, Lu Yuan suppressed the sentimentality in his heart and began to determine the governance of the three southern prefectures with Sun Siwen.
"Brother Sun, now that the three southern prefectures have been settled, there are a lot of thieves in the area. Although I have dispatched troops and horses to suppress them, this is not a long-term solution."
Lu Yuan mentioned the Miao people's defeat that he was currently having a headache about, and said with some helplessness: "Now I have mobilized 70,000 troops to guard various prefectures and counties, and consume countless amounts of food and salary every day. It can be met in the short term, but the time Over time, it becomes financially unsustainable.
Therefore, I hope that after Brother Sun takes office, he can quickly arrange officials, count household registrations, gather refugees, resume production, and establish local order.
At the same time, I will also leave soldiers to assist Brother Sun in establishing prefecture and county militia groups to maintain local security.
For those Miao people who were defeated, they should be mobilized if they could be recruited, and if they couldn't be recruited, they should be suppressed. I can leave 10,000 elite soldiers to assist the three prefectures in clearing out the bandits. "
Lu Yuan stated his current needs.
That is to establish a stable order in the Southern Three Prefectures so that the soldiers and horses he has on hand can be liberated.
After all, Nansan Prefecture is not the only place that needs troops now.
In Wuling Mansion and even Yueyang Mansion in the north, battles involving hundreds of thousands of people are still breaking out.
Especially the Wuling Mansion.
Now that Nansan Mansion is at peace, the news must have spread back to the Five Poison Sect. Therefore, Zhou Qing's falsehood should have been seen through by the other party.
In Zhou Qing's hands, there are only 30,000 new soldiers who have been trained for less than half a year, and there are about 70,000 civilians, a total of 100,000 troops.
Although this kind of power looks pretty good.
But you must know that in Wuling Mansion, the Five Poison Sect still has an army of 80,000.
Although the fighting strength of those Miao people is just that. But Zhou Qing's men and horses may not be much stronger.
If the Miao people are brave enough, they dare to risk everything and fight Zhou Qing at this time.
So it’s hard to say whether this battle will be won or not.
Lu Yuan even felt that the Miao people might have a greater chance of winning.
The reason is also very simple. Most of the Miao people are mountain people. They live with wild animals all year round and are fierce by nature. In the past few years, I have followed the Five Poison Sect on many expeditions, so I still have some battlefield experience.
In comparison, the 30,000 soldiers in Zhou Qing's hands may be better. After all, they were carefully selected and trained for several months. But the fighting strength of the remaining 70,000 militiamen is worrying.
Therefore, in a real fight, Zhou Qing might not be able to defeat him.
So quickly withdraw from Nansanfu and take advantage of the time when the Five Poison Sect has not made up its mind to counterattack and fight decisively.
It is urgent to lead the troops north to reinforce Zhou Qing.
To achieve this, the newly pacified Nansan Prefecture must establish its own defense force and establish its own ruling order.
Only in this way can local security and peace be guaranteed.
Sun Siwen needs to do this.
Faced with the ardent expectations of both his friend and his monarch, Sun Siwen did not shrink back, but directly agreed: "The general has orders, and I dare not disobey them. I just want to stabilize the place, appease the refugees, and restore production. A lot of money is needed.
Although Luyang's treasury is now abundant, its monthly balance is only more than 50,000 taels.
This little money is far from enough to supply the three mansions.
If there is not enough money, then all the above things will be difficult to achieve. "
It must be said that Sun Siwen is willing to do things, is willing to do things, and knows how to do things.
But some things, especially government affairs, require a lot of money to do things in this area, especially if they are successful.
If you don’t have money, how can you provide salaries to local officials?
If you don’t have money, what can you do to care for the refugees?
Without money, what can you do to resume production?
If you don't have money, what can you do to establish a prefectural or county militia?
All in all, in this world, or this society, you can’t do anything without money.
You can’t let others generate electricity for love, right?
And Luyang Mansion has no money, where is Lu Yuan?
Sun Siwen also had a rough idea of the situation on his side. In order to support the army, he had almost spent all his money and food.
If it hadn't been for the support he received from the imperial court in the past two months, and the imperial court's help in raising the army, Lu Yuan would have been financially bankrupt, unable to pay military pay, and his morale had plummeted.
So ideals are great, but if you want to do so many things, you can’t do it without money.
"You don't need to worry about money and food."
Lu Yuan looked at the embarrassment on his friend's face, smiled and said: "This time I defeated the Miao people in Sanfu. Although I didn't get much in terms of food and grass, I got a lot in terms of money.
After counting the treasury of the three prefectures and confiscating the property of the Miao people, the proceeds totaled more than eight million taels of silver.
There are also countless fields and homes.
I can leave five million taels of this money, as well as the land and property, which is enough for the three prefectures. "
Because they were classified as rebellious by the imperial court, the Miao people in Dongting County had a large amount of cash in their hands, but it was always difficult to spend it.
Although there is no shortage of national traitors and profiteers who want to take advantage of the national treasure and take high risks to sell weapons and food to the Miao people, but this kind of smuggling can only transport a small amount of materials.
Therefore, the Miao people in Dongting County couldn't spend most of the money they gained after plundering the three palaces. They could only store it in the treasury and leave it to gather ashes.
Therefore, this time we captured the three southern prefectures.
In terms of food and grass supplies, Lu Yuan obtained limited or even none at all. But in terms of cash assets, it is quite a bit more.
In this regard, it can be said that his financial problems have been greatly alleviated.
So when Sun Siwen heard that Lu Yuan had seized eight million taels of cash and was able to keep five million taels of cash and local industry, Sun Siwen immediately beamed with joy: "If there are five million taels of silver to support, then Everything is fine.”
There are many things in the world that basically cannot be solved without money.
If so, it's most likely because you don't have enough money. Or the money you gave was stolen and was not used for work.
The money given by Lu Yuan was enough, and Sun Siwen was an honest official. Combining the two, things would naturally be easier to handle.
Even at this time, Sun Siwen showed his subjective initiative and immediately made suggestions: "I have been traveling all the way from Luyang Prefecture. I saw that the people in Yangshan Prefecture are all good. It can be seen that they are under the rule of the Miao rebels. , life has been so difficult that I can't even eat.
Now that the three prefectures are in war again, there will definitely be famine this year.
Nanhai County has always been a granary, but it is located in the south and transportation of grain is not easy, so the price of rice here is very low. From what I heard so far, it’s only four cents per catty.
Now that Yangshan Prefecture has been opened, communication with Nanhai County has been restored.
Therefore, in order to protect the people's livelihood, I proposed that since the three prefectures have been pacified, people can be sent to Lingnan County to collect grain.
In this way, the upper part can be used for military needs, and the lower part can be used by civilians.
The army and the people all have food, and the place will naturally be safe. "
Faced with such a good suggestion, Lu Yuan naturally had no objection and nodded: "It's okay."
After confirming the purchase of grain, Sun Siwen continued: "Now that the three prefectures are at peace, if we want to restore local order, we need a large number of officials to rebuild the government.
But that's just the officials. There are hundreds of officials needed in the three prefectures and thirty counties, and the difference is more than four hundred.
Although I can recommend some talents, they can only be in the dozens, which is far from enough to make up for these gaps.
The Lord has to find a way to solve this problem. "
According to the common practice of the country, if you want to become an official, even if you are the lowest rank of ninth rank, you must be a civil servant.
Now that the three palaces have just been recovered, all the original officials are gone. If we want to arrange enough officials in a short period of time, where can we find the more than 400 civil servants?
If this problem is not solved, the three prefectures and counties, not to mention the restoration of local order, will not even be able to establish a government framework.
Of course, Lu Yuan did not have enough government officials, so he could actually ask the court for help.
The imperial court has eight palaces in the world, and there are tens of thousands of people on the list. There are also examinations every year, and each time there are thousands more candidates.
With such a large talent reserve, let alone more than 400 officials, even if it were doubled ten times, the court could easily fill it.
But Lu Yuan finally conquered the three mansions and was ready to establish his country here.
So of course the arrangements made by the officials here must be made by our own people.
Otherwise, when the imperial court assigns officials to you, it deliberately arranges for some disgusting people to come over and act as a cover-up for you. Wouldn't that be causing trouble for yourself?
Sun Siwen now recognized Lu Yuan as his boss, so when thinking about things, he naturally put his friends first.
Therefore, the method of seeking help from the imperial court was ruled out at that time.
"That's really a problem."
Lu Yuan couldn't help but frown after hearing Sun Siwen explain the difficulties. Then he pondered for a moment and said: "Let's do this. In Shaoyang Mansion and Luyang Mansion, you and Magistrate Cui will discuss and conduct an assessment and selection.
Anyone who passes the exam can be promoted two levels and be transferred to the three southern mansions to hold official positions from the eighth grade or above.
The remaining minor officials from the ninth rank to the ninth rank can take the official selection examination in the five mansions under my rule, select some capable talents who can do things, promote them exceptionally, and grant them official status.
This should be enough to gather officials from the three governments. "
The interiors of Shaoyang Mansion and Luyang Mansion have been owned by Lu Yuan for a long time.
The officials in these two places are almost all his confidants, so they can be trusted.
As for the students from the two places, Luyang Mansion will not talk about it for now. The time it took to capture this place was too short, and the hearts of the people cannot be said to have been completely restored. But over at Shaoyang Mansion, Lu Yuan had been in charge for several years. From the local gentry to the common people, who didn't say good things about him?
Therefore, the two internal and external examinations can be used to bribe the internal hearts and minds of the scholars in the three southern prefectures, as well as Luyang and Shaoyang prefectures.
In fact, this method of selecting officials through examinations is almost equivalent to the imperial examination.
But the matter of imperial examinations belongs to the power of the imperial court. Lu Yuan was not a local county governor, and he was not a central official, so he had no right to hold imperial examinations.
Therefore, we can only conduct this kind of official selection examination with unfair reputation and unsound words.
But despite this, once the exam is over, as long as he submits the list to the top, the court can basically only approve it.
So even if the title is not legitimate enough, as long as you can become an official and can be endorsed by the court, everything will be fine.
And there's another benefit.
That is, everyone who becomes an official or gets promoted will naturally regard Lu Yuan as their benefactor.
I would be grateful to him for allowing me to be an official, rather than grateful to the court.
With such a level of affection, the land of the Five Prefectures in the South of Dongting County is considered stable from the perspective of the bureaucracy.
After hearing Lu Yuan's method, Sun Siwen couldn't help but praise: "If this is the case, all the gentry and students in the five prefectures south of the county will appreciate the general's virtue."
I mean what I said.
What do scholars do when they read?
Naturally, he became an official.
Take Shaoyang Mansion as an example. There are only more than 400 scholars in this manor. Among these people, there are as few as five or six people and as many as more than ten people who can pass the county examination and be awarded the title of Juren every year.
In other words, among all the scholars in Shaoyang Mansion, only one out of forty or fifty people can become an official every year.
Although this acceptance rate is not too low, it is definitely not high.
And the scope was enlarged to the entire five southern prefectures of the county, not to mention the three southern prefectures. After passing through the Miao people, the population was depleted, and it is estimated that there were not many scholars left.
But considering the size, there should be two to three hundred scholars.
The situation in Luyang Mansion is better, and it is estimated that there can be three to four hundred scholars.
In this way, there are more than a thousand talents in the five prefectures.
Lu Yuan held an examination to select officials and gave more than 400 official quotas for thousands of talented people to choose. The probability of selection was almost equal to one of two.
The probability of becoming an official has suddenly increased twenty to thirty times. Isn't this good news for those scholars?
I am afraid that after hearing the news, I will kneel down and sing praises and praise Lu Yuan's merits.
And people who can read are basically powerful people in the local area. Won their gratitude, doesn't it mean that the place is stable?
Therefore, Lu Yuan's move was really an excellent strategy to win people's hearts.
However, while secretly admiring him, Sun Siwen still made some suggestions: "General, the official selection test is only carried out in the five prefectures in the south of the county. I think the scope is too small.
In the five prefectures in the south of the county, there are no more than a thousand scholars, and they are the only ones who participate in the selection of officials. It will definitely lead to a large number of untalented people to obtain official positions and make up for their efforts.
Moreover, the general has ambitions in Dongting. How can your favor only benefit the five southern prefectures?
According to my opinion, the selection of officials can be extended to the ten prefectures in the county.
Nowadays, even after several turmoils in Dongting County, there are still three to five thousand remaining scholars in various places.
The general spreads the order to seek talents and invites them to come and take the examination. Not only can he spread his reputation widely, but also let the people in the county know the general's laws and where the orthodoxy lies.
You can also spread your kindness and make the gentry, gentry and wealthy people in the county return to their hearts.
If the general in the future raises his troops and goes north to fight against the thieves, won't the powerful people in that place eat pots of slurry to meet the king's army?
Moreover, the county-wide examination is for ten candidates to be selected, and the best can be selected so that talented people can be appointed. This is also a good thing for local governance.
If you are stupid, please let the general decide. "
After saying that, Sun Siwen bowed and waited for a reply.
After hearing this, Lu Yuan just pondered: "Will it be expanded to the whole county?"
In fact, it is not impossible to extend the scope of the examination to the entire county.
But in this way, he almost made it clear to the court that he wanted to separate the entire Dongting County.
Naturally, the court would not accept this kind of thing.
At that time, it will be necessary to take action to suppress and use means to cause trouble.
Even to the extreme, maybe the imperial court would directly regard him as a traitor and take action to suppress him.
After all, unlike Xichuan County and Jiuzhen County, which have been destroyed, Dongting County has also experienced wars for a long time, but it still has a large population and a lot of output. After a few years of governance, it will be a large money and food county.
How could the court cut off such a piece of fat?
But what Sun Siwen said makes sense.
If he can take advantage of this official selection to win over the powerful hearts of the gentry in the county, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to him in ruling Dongting County in the future.
How to choose?
Dongdongdong...
Lu Yuan stretched out his fingers and tapped on the table, lost in thought.
After a while, he raised his head and said: "There is no need to rush the selection of officials in the county. Let's do this. The scholar examination will be postponed to six months later. Now we will hold the selection of officials within the government first, and organize the framework of the three southern prefectures. Let’s talk about it later.”
Half a year is the time Lu Yuan estimates it will take for him to break through his innate ability.
As long as he waits for another half a year, he will become an innate grandmaster and become the pinnacle of martial arts in the world.
By then, he would have enough strength to negotiate more conditions with the court.
'And in half a year, I can also discuss the conditions with Wangqiu. I don't believe it. This old man really likes it. He moved to a poor place like Xichuan County and faced threats from Zhou people all the time.
Being able to stay in Nanhai County and be a king here is not better than Xichuan County?
If I can win him over, my bargaining chips with the imperial court will increase. Lu Yuan was calculating in his mind and gradually gained some confidence.
Looking at his appearance, Sun Siwen didn't understand why the election of officials had to be postponed for half a year. But it can also be seen that my lord's friend has considerations.
So he nodded and said: "That's okay, but if we can't select officials immediately and only rely on officials above the eighth grade to maintain local order, the progress of the Nansan Prefecture will be much slower if we want to restore it."
Lu Yuan waved his hand: "There's no rush, I just need you to maintain the stability of Nansan Prefecture. Restoring people's livelihood can be done slowly."
Sun Siwen said: "That's no problem."
After discussing this matter, the local governance of the three southern prefectures was almost settled.
Sun Siwen wanted to leave, but Lu Yuan stopped him and mentioned another matter: "In this battle, I killed 60,000 Miao people and surrendered 30,000. Now more than 10,000 Miao people have collapsed. Still need to be eliminated.
There is no need to say anything about the Miao people who surrendered, but their families can be forgiven.
But those Miao family members who have been killed, as well as those whose Miao people were defeated, cannot be let go and need to be dealt with.
I now have 60,000 soldiers under my command, of which nearly 50,000 have no wives.
When I was in the army, I promised my soldiers wealth and stability. Now that the moon is full of sound, the soldiers have plenty of money.
But the stability is a bit lacking.
Therefore, it is my intention to give the wives and daughters of the guilty Miao people to my soldiers in batches.
In this way, the local population can be enriched and the families of the criminals will not be left unchecked and cause chaos. It also allows my soldiers to have homes and houses, so that they can fight for me with peace of mind.
After you go back, make statistics on this matter, and then start to deal with it.
Let's first use the tens of thousands of soldiers I left in Nansanfu as a pilot and implement it on their heads. "
There are 100,000 Miao soldiers in Nanshan Prefecture, and there are at least 50,000 or 60,000 families behind them, which is a population of more than 300,000.
So many people, leaving them alone, would naturally feel resentful when faced with Lu Yuan who killed their father, son, and husband.
But if you want to reward them with soldiers and horses under Lu Yuan, then everything will be fine.
With those loyal soldiers watching, those Miao wives and daughters gave birth to several children for the soldiers, and naturally they returned home.
This can not only stabilize the place, enrich the population, but also solve the livelihood of the Miao people after losing their men, and make the soldiers return home. It can be said that it kills four birds with one stone.
Naturally, Lu Yuan would not let go of such a great thing.
Sun Siwen could naturally think of this, so after listening to Lu Yuan's words, he immediately said: "This is good governance. I will deal with this matter immediately after I return."
"Okay, that's it."
Lu Yuan nodded with satisfaction, then waved Sun Siwen away.
After the others left, he continued to bury his head at the table and began to deal with government affairs arduously.
There was no way, even though Sun Siwen was here, he still had to handle the government affairs and military affairs of the three Nanfus until the other party put up a fight.
Nowadays, I still have to endure it.
